Public bug reported:
For X11/KDE sessions ssh-agent is started via upstart using configuration file
/usr/share/upstart/sessions/ssh-agent.conf with the instruction ``eval
"$(ssh-agent)" >/dev/null''.
If the user's login shell is tcsh or csh ssh-agent will return c-shell like
setenv commands which upstart/shell do not recognize. Thus environment
variables $SSH_* are not propagated into the user's desktop session and neither
ssh nor ssh-add are able to contact ssh-agent.
Solution: use ``eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"'' to force sh-like output of ssh-agent
(context diff included as attachment)
Addition information: Bug occures at least in 13.10 and 14.04 amd64
architecture. In 14.04 the affected openssh-client package version is
1:6.2p2-6ubuntu0.3
** Affects: openssh (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Patch added: "Patch for /usr/share/upstart/sessions/ssh-agent.conf"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1312928/+attachment/4097008/+files/ssh-agent.patch
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Title:
SSH-Agent not working in KDE/X-Session if user's login shell is a tcsh
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