On 03/10/2013 05:48 AM, Julien Lavergne wrote: > We had problems with SSH in the past, so we add a workaround in > /usr/bin/startlubuntu: > # Export Gnome-keyring variables if needed > # See bug #664206
Thanks, this helps me understand the issue. However, that bug refers to using a menu item "Passwords and Encryption Keys" which does not seem to exist in Lubuntu (latest raring daily for amd64). So in Lubuntu, I cannot test any effects of removing the gnome-keyring-daemon stuff that relates to first saving keys and passphrases using that tool -- because the tool does not seem to be present! I *think* the original reporter of bug #664206 was not running Lubuntu, but was running lxde on top of a GNOME-based Ubuntu installation? In which case, we apparently fixed a bug for non-Lubuntu users in a file called startlubuntu, which seems odd, and in the process we seem to have introduced some issues that *can* affect Lubuntu users. > However, another workaround was added recently which may fix the same > problem, without using gnome-keyring-daemon This looks like a more 'normal' approach to me, and it works fine for me with the gnome-keyring-daemon stuff commented out. ssh then works the way I expect it to, as does ssh-add. I tested both password and keypair based logins. No strange additional entries in the output of ssh-add -l at all. I also noticed that the GUI popup passphrase prompt is replaced by the normal SSH text mode prompt, such as Enter passphrase for key '/home/jonathan/.ssh/id_rsa': which is, for me, preferable to the GUI popup in three ways: * It is what I expect from ssh, and so is not a surprise * It requires no use of the mouse to use it, so hands can stay on the keyboard where they belong, improving productivity * It provides additional information, the location of the private key file in use > If people can do some testing by removing the 1st workaround and see > if it's working as expected, that would help a lot :-) I'll be happy > if we can remove the 1st workaround. So will I :) The only downside I can see is for anyone who likes the GUI passphrase prompt. > Note : lxsession should be configurable to start or not > gnome-keyring-daemon at startup, using parameters under [Security], > once the 1st workaround is removed. Based on what I am seeing here, I'd say go ahead and remove the 1st workaround, unless someone else has a valid objection to doing that. Jonathan -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
