Bug#852448: x11-common: ssh-agent socket removed from /tmp for long-running sessions
On 01/24/2017 07:20 PM, Sam Hartman wrote:
>>>>>> "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.
My opinion is that it should leave /tmp the hell alone.
Cheers,
Julien
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