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Date:      Mon, 17 Dec 2001 09:44:29 +0000
From:      Ceri <setantae@submonkey.net>
To:        David Xu <davidx@viasoft.com.cn>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ssh garbage in /tmp
Message-ID:  <20011217094429.GC3646@rhadamanth>
In-Reply-To: <3C1DA935.6000801@viasoft.com.cn>
References:  <3C1DA935.6000801@viasoft.com.cn>

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On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 04:13:41PM +0800, David Xu wrote:
> I have found some ssh garbage does not be cleaned after system reboots,
> all these garbage were accumulated util recently I looked into /tmp, why
> will ssh leave so much garbage dirs and files without clear it?

> drwx------  2 davidx  wheel   512 Nov 22 12:31 ssh-1efu6Fvh
> drwx------  2 davidx  wheel   512 Nov 21 09:35 ssh-3fM22Tzn

These are used for forwarding X sessions over ssh (at least, they don't
get created if you turn off forwarding in my experience).

If you want /tmp tp be cleared on reboot, then set clear_tmp_enable="YES"
in /etc/rc.conf.

Ceri

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