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## Systemd User PAM SSH script
This script has a rather specific use case. If you fit the following demographic
then this script might just be for you!
* You use systemd as a user session manager (either
[this](https://github.com/sofar/user-session-units), or [this](https://github.com/EvanPurkhiser/systemd-user-sessions))
* You're systemd --user instance default target doesn't start a graphical
environment, i.e. you still need to login to activate your graphical
session
* You have a `systemd --user` service called `ssh-agent.service` that starts
your ssh agent.
* You have to type your password a second time after logging in in order to
decrypt your SSH key.
This script allows you to only type your password once. When logging in, your
SSH key will be decrypted and added to your ssh-agent for you.
## Usage
There are a few pre-requisites to this script:
1. Your systemd --user session needs to be running during login time. This won't
be a problem if you use one of the user-session services mentioned above.
2. Your systemd --user instance needs to know about the `SSH_AUTH_SOCK`. If
you're using my systemd-user-sessions package mentioned above then you will
want to add this to your `~/.config/bash/environment` file as something like
`SSH_AUTH_SOCK=$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/ssh-agent`.
To enable the script you will want to add this to your pam configuration
(probably `/etc/pam.d/system-login` or `/etc/pam.d/login`
auth optional pam_exec.so expose_authtok /path/to/the/systemd-user-pam-ssh
## Installation
I would recommend placing the script under `/usr/lib/systemd/`. If you are using
Arch Linux you can use the PKGBUILD [located
here](https://github.com/EvanPurkhiser/PKGBUILDs/tree/master/systemd-user-pam-ssh-git/PKGBUILD).