\_ > I've almost hard baked the logic that attaches to a running ssh-agent \_ > on login, or fires it automatically if it's not around. \_ > \_ \_ I should do something like that, but I'm too damn lazy. Me too...what I have now only attaches to a cached session...whether or not it's actually there. :-) \_ > \_ How do I fix it so that the screen clears after logout? \_ \_ I have my .bash_logout file set up, but it still doesn't work. The ever popular "clear" command doesn't work? How about echo 24 lines or whatever your vt is set to? David