Merge pull request #26605 from mayflower/disable-ssh-agent

ssh module: disable agent by default

nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1709.xml

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       <literal>dataDir</literal>.
     </para>
   </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+    <para>
+      The <literal>ssh-agent</literal> user service is not started by default
+      anymore. Use <literal>programs.ssh.startAgent</literal> to enable it if
+      needed. There is also a new <literal>programs.gnupg.agent</literal>
+      module that creates a <literal>gpg-agent</literal> user service. It can
+      also serve as a SSH agent if <literal>enableSSHSupport</literal> is set.
+    </para>
+  </listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 
 

nixos/modules/programs/ssh.nix

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       startAgent = mkOption {
         type = types.bool;
-        default = true;
+        default = false;
         description = ''
           Whether to start the OpenSSH agent when you log in.  The OpenSSH agent
           remembers private keys for you so that you don't have to type in