[Bug 841672] Re: ssh-add does not always unlock ssh keys

[Hamish Downer]

I found a way to trigger the gnome dialog box directly, so I only have
to enter the ssh password once.

I created ~/bin/gssh-add and put the following in it:

SSH_ASK_PASS=/usr/bin/ssh-askpass ssh-add

I then make it executable:

chmod +x ~/bin/gssh-add

And then I launch it using Alt+F2. That triggers the gnome dialog box.

Note that if you run gssh-add from the terminal it will not trigger the
gnome dialog box. See the ENVIRONMENT section of the ssh-add man page
for details as to why.

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Title:
  ssh-add does not always unlock ssh keys

Status in “openssh” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When I execute ssh-add it asks for my keys passwords and confirms that
  they were unlocked, but when I try to ssh into a server I am asked for
  my password again via the ssh-askpass-gnome prompt.

  Here's an (edited and cut) version of my .ssh/config file:

  =====================================================
  VisualHostKey yes
  Host myhost1
  	Hostname myhost1.url
  	User user
  	PreferredAuthentications publickey
  	IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_dsa
  	Compression yes
  	Compressionlevel 6

  Host myhost2
  	Hostname myhost2.url
  	User user
  	PreferredAuthentications publickey
  	Compression no

  Host myhost3 myhost4 myhost5
  	Hostname myhost3.url
  	User user
  	PreferredAuthentications publickey
  	Compression yes
  	Compressionlevel 6

  [...]

  =====================================================

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ssh-askpass (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Sep  5 11:29:43 2011
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ssh-askpass
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-06-29 (68 days ago)

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