[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 10880] New: allow specifying socket path for ssh-agent

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https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10880

            Bug ID: 10880
           Summary: allow specifying socket path for ssh-agent
    Classification: Xfce
           Product: Xfce4-session
           Version: 4.10.1
          Hardware: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: Medium
         Component: General
          Assignee: xfce-bugs at xfce.org
          Reporter: pcerny at suse.cz
        QA Contact: bjt23 at cornell.edu
                CC: benny at xfce.org, nick at xfce.org

Created attachment 5485
  --> https://bugzilla.xfce.org/attachment.cgi?id=5485&action=edit
patch enabling passing the -a option to ssh-agent

Sometimes it is useful to specify a path to ssh-agent socket (using the -a
option) - for example if one is running terminal multiplexer session(s) and the
ssh-agent quits (or dies) for some reason, respawning it with the same socket
path allows reuse in the terminal multiplexer session, because the
$SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable still points to a valid socket.

The attached patch introduces new string property /startup/ssh-agent/socket in
the xfconf channel which - if present - is interpreted as a path to the socket
to be created.

This patch does not address the case in which there already is a running agent
listening on that socket - since then ssh-agent doesn't return any environment
variables to be set.

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