On Feb 23 06:18, Jim Kleckner wrote: > ssh-agent leaves stale directories named /tmp/ssh-xxxx > that contain the named pipe for authentication. > These left over directories come about when you log out > or shut down the computer without stopping ssh-agent > either by running keychain to shut it down or sending it > a SIGHUP to exit and clean up. > > Could ssh-agent catch the shutdown message and thus > do the proper cleanup? What would that entail? > > Jim > > I noticed that in Karl's script to start keychain: > http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2004-03/msg00167.html > that he removes any /tmp/ssh-* pre-existing and presumed > stale directories left over by dead ssh-agent processes > and this assumes that there is only one ssh-agent per machine. > Not as good as actually getting rid of the source of the > zombie directories.
But it's correct behaviour. A forcefully killed process usually isn't in the shape to make cleanup tasks. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
