Bug#852448: x11-common: ssh-agent socket removed from /tmp for long-running sessions
On 01/24/2017 03:51 PM, Sam Hartman wrote:
> Package: x11-common
> Version: 1:7.7+18
> Severity: important
>
> Hi. In the brave new world of systemd, /tmp tends to get cleaned fairly aggressively even while users are logged in.
> I've found that after a few days my ssh agent socket gets cleaned up, and I get grumpy typing long pass phrases and unable to use smart cards.
>
That sounds like a serious bug in whatever is doing that. There are a
number of things in /tmp that shouldn't be automatically deleted.
/tmp/.X11-unix/X* come to mind.
Cheers,
Julien
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