On Sunday 30 March 2008, Bernardo Dal Seno wrote: > On 29/03/2008, Eike Lantzsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > > > > So it IS different. I deleted /tmp/ssh-pscjC23970 which is not created > > when starting ssh in a text console. Now ssh works again from an xterm > > and Konsole. > > /tmp/ssh-pscjC23970 is a socket file created by ssh-agent(1). It > seems that KDE starts ssh-agent, while that doesn't happen when you > login. Anyway, ssh look for a running ssh-agent by reading the > variable SSH_AUTH_SOCK; this is setup by KDE when it launches > ssh-agent, while in the console there is no such variable (or, if > there, refers to a different instance). This explains the different > behavior, but why ssh hangs when connecting to ssh-agent I don't know. > > Ciao, > Bernardo
Thank you for the explanation Bernardo. The scenario happens sometimes when we have a blackout and the UPS is run down before I can shutdown the workstation. After restarting there remains the stale socket file and ssh cannot read from it. For some reasons I didn't configure /tmp to be purged during startup. The problem never shows up if /tmp is purged of course. Mebbe I'm going to reconfigure ... Saludos, Eike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
