ssh-agent - is a program to hold private keys used for public key authentication

To start the ssh-agent

$ ssh-agent

To stop / kill the ssh-agent

$ ssh-agent -k

To run ssh-agent in debug mode

$ ssh-agent -d

To set bind socket name

$ ssh-agent -a ~/demo-ssh-socket $SHELL

To set expiry time for keys

$ ssh-agent -t 1800 $SHELL

$ ssh-agent -t 10D $SHELL

regards,

T.Dhanasekar