Confirming on Precise Pangolin, although with KDE, ssh-askpass and
ksshaskpass. Not solved yet.
If I run ssh-askpass or ksshaskpass from the command line, it prints my
ssh key passphrase to stdout (!), derived from my password wallet.
Running ssh-add from the command line puts my key into the
Confirming on Ringtail as well.
Solution: make sure you have a public key file in ~/.ssh
Create it with ssh-keygen -y from your private key if you don't have the
public key in a separate file.
If key.pub is available, gnome-ssh-askpass pops up and asks for the
passphrase.
Without the key.pub,
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
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Status: New = Confirmed
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Status: Incomplete = New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068304
Title:
ssh not using gnome-ssh-askpass
To manage
Thanks for reporting this bug. I only see this behavior if I'm using
certain window managers, or if I'm ssh'd into another (or local) host.
Can you tell us which window manager you are using, and what 'dpkg -l |
grep ssh-askpass-gnome' shows?
** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu)
Importance:
I'm using compiz (the default).
Running dpkg -l | grep ssh-askpass-gnome produces one line:
ii ssh-askpass-gnome 1:6.0p1-3ubuntu1
amd64interactive X program to prompt users for a passphrase for
ssh-add
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