Re: [feature] ssh-agent: new -A option (like -a) that overwrites existing sockets

[Stuart Henderson]

On 2023/09/14 11:55, Moritz Fain wrote:
> > My initial reaction is that it's easy to run "rm -f" before starting
> > the agent with the existing "-a" option.

same.

also if there's an existing agent running you probably don't want to
blindly remove the socket - and as the manual says "The sockets should
get automatically removed when the agent exits" - this feels like it's
trying to fix something in ssh-agent that should be the responsibility
of some other layer...

> @@ -2075,6 +2075,8 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
>                                 usage();
>                         D_flag++;
>                         break;
> +               case 'A':
> +                       A_flag = 1;

_if_ this is done, it warrants a /* FALLTHROUGH */ comment here.

>                 case 'a':
>                         agentsocket = optarg;
>                         break;