[PATCH] ssh-agent: add systemd socket-based activation

Damien Miller djm at mindrot.org
Tue Jun 20 10:20:01 AEST 2023


On Fri, 16 Jun 2023, Ronan Pigott wrote:

> This adds support for systemd socket-based activation in the ssh-agent.
> When using socket activation, the -a flag value must match the socket
> path provided by systemd, as a sanity check. Support for this feature is
> enabled by the --with-systemd configure flag.
> 
> ---
> Something tells me upstream would not be interested in this patch, but
> as it may be useful on linux, I'm submitting it here.

yeah - unfortunately libsystemd is under the LGPL and we've tried hard
to keep our license free of additional obligations.

-d


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