ssh: use systemd to start the ssh-agent

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 01c2559..1e93252 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ def fish_config(quiet):
     subprocess.run(["fish", dir_path + "fisher.fish"])
 
 
+def enable_ssh_agent(quiet):
+    """enable the systemd ssh-agent unit for the user session"""
+    if not quiet:
+        print("Enabling ssh-agent user unit")
+    subprocess.run("systemctl --user enable ssh-agent.service", check=True)
+
+
 def vdirsyncer_init(quiet):
     """discover and sync"""
     if not quiet:
@@ -129,8 +136,7 @@ targets = {
             [("bin/alert", local_bin_dir + "/alert"),
              ("bin/set_theme", local_bin_dir + "/set_theme")],
         "ssh":
-            [("ssh/config.gpg", home_dir + "/.ssh/config"),
-             ("ssh/ssh-agent.service", config_dir + "/systemd/user/ssh-agent.service")],
+            [("ssh/config.gpg", home_dir + "/.ssh/config"), enable_ssh_agent],
         "sway":
             [dotfile_loc_helper],
         "terminator":