[Bug 578035] [NEW] ssh-askpass-gnome doesn't prompt for password in any release post ubuntu 8.10 32/64bit

Mon May 10 00:40:37 BST 2010

Public bug reported:

I have reported this bug before for the releases 9.04 and 9.10 but I'm
unable to find them for some reason so thought it best to log a clean
bug on it as those bugs had gone no-where.

Using ubuntu 8.10 32/64bit on my dell laptops or home built PC with a
dsa ssh key in /home/$username/.ssh in a file called id_dsa

-rwx------  1 testuser users 1264 2010-05-09 22:49 id_dsa

if I do "ssh machine_name" 

gnome-askpass is launched allowing me to input my password, the password
is then remembered and ssh-agent remembers the password and I never have
to enter it again.

In every release post 8.10 32/64bit, this includes 9.04, 9.10 and 10.04
on a clean install or upgrade, using exactly the same ssh file, with the
same name, permissions etc if I ssh into a remote machine, ssh-askpass-
gnome is not launched, and the remote machine just asks for a ssh
password, which it accepts, however this is obviously not put into ssh
agent so I have to input it for each remote host I connect to, every
time I connect.

I am not sure what's changed between 8.10 and earlier and 9.04 and later
to change this behaviour.

the output of "env" on my 10.04 machine looks like this

ORBIT_SOCKETDIR=/tmp/orbit-mattd
SSH_AGENT_PID=9912
TERM=xterm
SHELL=/bin/bash
XDG_SESSION_COOKIE=60532bbecbb3ab8f6f27821a4be73669-1273445163.52477-1360981030
WINDOWID=60822689
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-eyH4Pg
GTK_MODULES=canberra-gtk-module
USER=mattd
LS_COLORS=rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:hl=44;37:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:su=37;41:sg
=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lz
ma=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=
01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.j
peg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;3
5:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m
2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35
:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;
35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.axv=01;35:*.anx=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.mid
=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.axa=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*
.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36:
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-eyH4Pg/ssh
DEFAULTS_PATH=/usr/share/gconf/gnome.default.path
SESSION_MANAGER=local/obiwan:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/9878,unix/obiwan:/tmp/.ICE-unix/9878
USERNAME=mattd
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-gnome:/etc/xdg
DESKTOP_SESSION=gnome
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
PWD=/home/mattd/.ssh
GDM_KEYBOARD_LAYOUT=gb
LANG=en_GB.utf8
GNOME_KEYRING_PID=9860
MANDATORY_PATH=/usr/share/gconf/gnome.mandatory.path
GDM_LANG=en_GB.utf8
GDMSESSION=gnome
SPEECHD_PORT=7560
SHLVL=1
HOME=/home/mattd
GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=this-is-deprecated
LOGNAME=mattd
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-3GpND8pHGm,guid=27de896b04225deaf23b395e4be73b2b
LESSOPEN=| /usr/bin/lesspipe %s
DISPLAY=:0.0
LESSCLOSE=/usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s
XAUTHORITY=/var/run/gdm/auth-for-mattd-99JhaP/database
COLORTERM=gnome-terminal
_=/usr/bin/env
OLDPWD=/home/mattd

This bug has been open (in it's other forms) for a long time now, and I'm keen to put in the effort to get this resolved as for controlling multiple hosts as I do this is a real pain (it's one of the reasons I kept upgrading past 8.10 and then doing a re-install of 8.10)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: ssh-askpass-gnome 1:5.3p1-3ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon May 10 00:27:15 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: openssh

** Affects: openssh (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid

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ssh-askpass-gnome doesn't prompt for password in any release post ubuntu 8.10 32/64bit
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