openssh bugs - Apr 2011 - [Bug 1886] New: Please move /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXXXX directory to /var/run

https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1886

           Summary: Please move /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXXXX directory to
                    /var/run
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: 5.8p1
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: ssh-agent
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at mindrot.org
        ReportedBy: josh at joshtriplett.org


ssh-agent creates $SSH_AUTH_SOCK within a temporary directory of the
form /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXXXX.  These directories often stick around and
don't get cleaned up.  (Right now I have piles of them just from the
past month.) These directories seem like a perfect fit for /var/run,
rather than /tmp, since they exist primarily to provide a socket. 
Moving them to /var/run should not break anything (since $SSH_AUTH_SOCK
would point to the new location), and should allow these directories to
get automatically cleaned up.  Furthermore, this reduces clutter in
/tmp.

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |djm at mindrot.org
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX

--- Comment #1 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> 2011-04-02 11:51:59
EST ---
/var/run is not user-writable on most Unix variants. Furthermore,
safely reaping stale files from /tmp is a long solved problem

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--- Comment #2 from Josh Triplett <josh at joshtriplett.org> 2011-04-02
12:15:40 EST ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> /var/run is not user-writable on most Unix variants.
ssh-agent could simply fall back to /tmp if /var/run fails.
> Furthermore,
> safely reaping stale files from /tmp is a long solved problem
Not entirely.  Some systems remove old files from /tmp at boot time,
but that can result in unexpected data loss.  Furthermore, tmpreaper at
least avoids removing sockets unless explicitly requested.

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Josh Triplett <josh at joshtriplett.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|Please move                 |Please move
                   |/tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXXXX       |/tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXXXX
                   |directory to /var/run       |directory to
                   |                            |$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR if set
             Status|RESOLVED                    |REOPENED
         Resolution|WONTFIX                     |

--- Comment #3 from Josh Triplett <josh at joshtriplett.org> 2011-04-02
19:26:03 EST ---
A correction: this directory should move into $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR if set. 
That variable will point to a user-writable (and user-specific)
directory; if unset, ssh can fall back to $TMPDIR or /tmp as it does
now.

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|REOPENED                    |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID

--- Comment #4 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> 2011-04-12 15:19:39
EST ---
Recent ssh-agent already honors TMPDIR for this.

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--- Comment #5 from Josh Triplett <josh at joshtriplett.org> 2011-04-12
17:27:02 EST ---
$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR, when configured, normally points to a user-private
directory separate from $TMPDIR.  ssh-agent should use $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
in preference to $TMPDIR if set, and fall back to $TMPDIR.

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #6 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> 2011-09-06 15:33:04
EST ---
close resolved bugs now that openssh-5.9 has been released

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