Moving the agent's socket to /var/run ?

[Kristian Fiskerstrand]

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On 02/24/2016 12:15 AM, Bertrand Jacquin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> What about using abstract sockets ?
> 
> These sockets are the same as Unix sockets except that there's no
> need for any filesystem access. The address may be whatever string
> both sides agree upon. This can be really convenient for
> inter-process communications. Also, there is no need to take care
> about permissions. Technically it's like a Unix socket with a zero
> in the first byte of the address.
> 
> abstract namespace were introduced with Linux. See man 7 unix.

I'm asking because I'm not familiar with abstract sockets but. Ok, its
implemented in Linux, but is it portable? is it POSIX? How would this
work with socket forwarading over SSH for gpg-agent ?

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