From owner-ssh@clinet.fi Sat Mar 28 13:50:49 1998 Received: from lohi.clinet.fi (majordom@lohi.clinet.fi [194.100.0.7]) by hutcs.cs.hut.fi (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA21705; Sat, 28 Mar 1998 13:50:46 +0200 (EET) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by lohi.clinet.fi (8.8.8/8.8.6) id NAA00430 for ssh-outgoing; Sat, 28 Mar 1998 13:42:47 +0200 (EET) X-Authentication-Warning: lohi.clinet.fi: majordom set sender to owner-ssh@clinet.fi using -f Received: from oit.duke.edu (root@cicero.oit.duke.edu [152.3.202.1]) by lohi.clinet.fi (8.8.8/8.8.6) with ESMTP id QAA03764 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 16:23:50 +0200 (EET) Received: from el-lobo.oit.duke.edu (el-lobo.oit.duke.edu [152.3.202.29]) by oit.duke.edu (8.8.5/Duke-4.5.3) with ESMTP id JAA09206; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 09:15:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from el-lobo.oit.duke.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by el-lobo.oit.duke.edu (8.8.5/Duke-4.4) with ESMTP id JAA09156; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 09:18:27 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199803271418.JAA09156@el-lobo.oit.duke.edu> To: ssh@clinet.fi Reply-To: herb@oit.duke.edu (Herb Commodore) Subject: Re: ssh-agent: why /tmp? In-reply-to: Your message of "26 Mar 1998 17:40:40 GMT." <6fe3uo$ke0$1@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 09:18:26 -0500 From: Herb Commodore Sender: owner-ssh@clinet.fi Precedence: bulk -- original message follows -- > From: Joe Gross > To: ssh@clinet.fi > Subject: Re: ssh-agent: why /tmp? > Date: 26 Mar 1998 17:40:40 GMT > Message-Id: <6fe3uo$ke0$1@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> > eric@sparrow.vgernet.net (Eric Buddington) writes: > > >Why does ssh-agent make its socket under /tmp? > >It seems like it would be easier to make it under > >a fixed name in ~/.ssh. > > This won't work if your home directory is mounted via NFS. > And it wouldn't work if your home directory is in AFS. -- herb ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Herb Commodore herb@oit.duke.edu 1.919.660.6951 Systems Administration, OIT, Duke University Box 90132, Durham NC 27708-0132 USA