Bug#852448: x11-common: ssh-agent socket removed from /tmp for long-running sessions
>>>>> "Julien" == Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> writes:
Julien> 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.
>>
Julien> That sounds like a serious bug in whatever is doing that.
Julien> There are a number of things in /tmp that shouldn't be
Julien> automatically deleted. /tmp/.X11-unix/X* come to mind.
Yeah, it looks from /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/x11.conf that /tmp/.X11-unix
will delete sockets after 10 days.
That should be fun.
This is all from systemd.
I'd be fine with an argument that in addition to this change systemd
shouldn't clean up ssh agent sockets in /tmp.
However, I actually think that sticking the socket in /run is an
improvement over /tmp anyway. I think there's a serious or important
bug in something: the current behavior is annoying to us users:-)
--Sam
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