[Bug 1068304] [NEW] ssh not using gnome-ssh-askpass

[Ryan Culpepper]

Public bug reported:

When I run ssh, it prompts me for my private key's passphrase on the
terminal, not in a separate window. If I run ssh again, it prompts again
at the terminal. (By "terminal" I really mean an instance of gnome-
terminal.)

I expected the following behavior: When I run ssh the first time for
this particular host, it should prompt for my passphrase in a new
window. When I run ssh again after that, it should succeed without
prompting at all.

If I run "env" in the terminal, I see values for SSH_AGENT_PID and
SSH_AUTH_SOCK as well as GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL. If I run "ps -ax" I see
both ssh-agent and gnome-keyring-daemon running. Finally,
/etc/alternatives/ssh-askpass is linked to /usr/lib/openssh/gnome-ssh-
askpass.

If I run "ssh-add" explicitly to add the key, it also prompts me for my
password at the terminal, but after that, ssh uses the unlocked key
(that is, it no longer prompts for that key's passphrase).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ssh-askpass-gnome 1:6.0p1-3ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Oct 18 15:21:15 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta amd64 (20120926)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: openssh
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal running-unity

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