[Bug 771] Add option to override XAUTHORITY env variable

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Fri Jul 31 14:05:04 AEST 2020


https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=771

Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |djm at mindrot.org
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |WONTFIX

--- Comment #8 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> ---
(In reply to Mario Nigrovic from comment #4)
> The problem with all existing options is that the .ssh/rc (or xauth
> override)
> has no mechanism for passing a new value for XAUTHORITY _back_ into
> the user
> environment.

I don't think another mechanism is necessary. ~/.ssh/rc could
communicate with subsequent shell initialisation via something like
~/.ssh/xauth.$PPID

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