ssh: Received disconnect from 127.0.0.1: 2: Too many authentication failures for XXXX

[Lars Noodén]

On 06/29/2013 12:43 AM, Jonathan Marsden wrote:
> Lars,
> 
> On Fri, Jun 28, 2013, at 11:27 AM, Lars Noodén wrote:
> 
>> On 06/28/2013 09:19 PM, Jonathan Marsden wrote:
> 
>>> Is there an existing Launchpad bug report for this issue?  If not, and
>>> the issue can be confirmed, let's get one opened.
> 
>> Which package should it be filed against?
> 
> Either gnome-keyring or openssh-client, depending on which is at fault
> :)
> 
>> I don't think it is anything to do with ssh-add itself, which is part of
>> openssh-client.  This looks like something else misbehaving.
> 
>   unset GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL GNOME_KEYRING_PID
> 
> and retest.  If that makes the issue go away, the issue is with
> gnome-keyring.
> 
> You could even do
> 
>   sudo apt-get purge gnome-keyring
> 
> and then reboot and retest, if you prefer.
> 
> Jonathan

Thanks.  I tried unsetting both variables but it had no effect.
However, uninstalling gnome-keyring and rebooting made the problem go
away.  So I've filed a report against gnome-keyring:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/1195911

Regards,