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Bug 304729 - sys-auth/pambase[ssh] spawns unwanted instances of ssh-agent with su / sudo
Summary: sys-auth/pambase[ssh] spawns unwanted instances of ssh-agent with su / sudo
Status: RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal with 1 vote (vote)
Assignee: PAM Gentoo Team (OBSOLETE)
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Blocks: 490473
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Reported: 2010-02-12 15:01 UTC by Tavin Cole
Modified: 2018-09-23 16:44 UTC (History)
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Description Tavin Cole 2010-02-12 15:01:55 UTC
try this a few times:

# sudo ls /tmp

and watch the ssh-XXX directories pile up in /tmp.  apparently each sudo invocation spawns an ssh-agent, and somehow they get left behind even though the ssh-agent process is being killed.

now try something like this:

# su -c 'ls /tmp'

and you'll see the ssh-XXX directory created by the spawned ssh-agent, but at least it gets cleaned up properly afterwards.

imho, ssh-agent should not be spawned at all in such cases.  it seems to result from the pam_ssh.so session line in /etc/pam.d/system-auth, which is included by /etc/pam.d/{su,sudo}.

perhaps /etc/pam.d should be cleaned up so that the pam_ssh.so session behavior is not in system-auth but is only present for primary logins e.g. from the console.
Comment 1 Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-10-31 16:22:11 UTC
I'll see to work on this for the new pambase, although it gets quite messy, there is space for running this only for interactive logins…
Comment 2 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev 2018-09-23 16:44:08 UTC
please retry with 20150213-r2