--- newchannels.c.orig	Tue Apr 22 17:40:11 1997
+++ newchannels.c	Sat Jul 19 11:42:06 1997
@@ -2139,6 +2139,10 @@
      ssh-agent connections on your system */
   old_umask = umask(S_IRUSR|S_IXUSR|S_IRGRP|S_IXGRP|S_IROTH|S_IXOTH);
   
+  /* Make sure the socket doesn't already exist, left over from a system
+     crash perhaps. */
+  unlink(channel_forwarded_auth_socket_name);
+
   if (bind(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&sunaddr, AF_UNIX_SIZE(sunaddr)) < 0)
     packet_disconnect("Agent socket bind failed: %.100s", strerror(errno));