https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3895
Bug ID: 3895
Summary: Documentation for StreamLocalBindUnlink /
StreamLocalBindMask should be improved
Product: Portable OpenSSH
Version: -current
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P5
Component: Documentation
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
I'd like to request a documentation improvement regarding the options
StreamLocalBindUnlink and StreamLocalBindMask.
At the moment, the text for these options is identical in ssh_config
and sshd_config, even though the two settings affect different sides of
the connection:
In ssh_config, these options influence only client-side Unix-domain
socket creation.
In sshd_config, they influence only server-side socket creation.
This might seem obvious, but in fact this has caused repeated confusion
among users. In discussions, multiple people suggested setting
StreamLocalBindUnlink yes in ssh_config to remove server-side socket
files for remote forwards.
This misunderstanding seems common enough that clearer documentation
would help prevent future mistakes.
Maybe the following phrasing would work?
StreamLocalBindUnlink: Specifies whether to remove an existing
[server-side / client-side] Unix-domain socket file...
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