Some conf questions about /etc/X11 .conf files

[bonkers]

I was browsing my /etc/X11 dir and came across a few files I could use an explanation to. First is the file Xsession.options

# $Id: Xsession.options 189 2005-06-11 00:04:27Z branden $
#
# configuration options for /etc/X11/Xsession
# See Xsession.options(5) for an explanation of the available options.
allow-failsafe
allow-user-resources
allow-user-xsession
use-ssh-agent
use-session-dbus

I do not have openssh installed on this rig, yet this appeared, can anyone tell me what this means, being that when I searched google, I found this as the first hit ( How to use ssh-agent to get secure, encrypted passwordless logins )

And I am unable to remove x11-session-utils without losing xorg and kubuntu-desktop in the process? I have seen those ssh-agent files in my /var/tmp before.

[bonkers]

Anytime I try to remove something that allows ssh-access to my rig, it either tells me that pretty much my entire system depends on it, or it breaks some system critical package.

[claydoh]

You are trying too hard, methinks.

Ssh-agent is part of the system that allows the computer to talk to another one, so it can connect to it via ssh- The ssh run on a different machine, that is. You do not have the actual ssh-server unless you have installed that yourself, and you don't need it to be able to connect to one that does.

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[claydoh]

Also, note that the ability to be able to communicate with another machine's servers (ssh, nfs, samba sharing, etc) does not equate to you having these servers installed yourself, but having the ability to connect to ones that do, well that is a key feature in Linux, imo.

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