This is my version, which deals with multiple machines using my same remote-mounted home directory: https://gist.github.com/jamesgraves/9af46a544b6dc7da9097 ht

This is my version, which deals with multiple machines using my same remote-mounted home directory: https://gist.github.com/jamesgraves/9af46a544b6dc7da9097 https://gist.github.com/jamesgraves/9af46a544b6dc7da9097 However, it tries to keep one agent running forever, which the OP doesn't like. I am frequently in situations, like using cygwin, where I don't have a nice graphical shell to kill the agent / keyring when I log out. Though I don't often log out either, unless I need to reboot for an OS upgrade. I don't know, either you're going to rely on the screen lock for security, or you aren't. As for mixing work with personal stuff, I've created multiple accounts on my laptop for each to more easily keep them separate.