unlock private key

[rgrig]

After the latest update there is a window that asks me the passphrase to unlock the private key when I try to use ssh. Thank you, but no thanks, I prefer to use ssh-agent myself and control its lifetime. How do I get rid of that window?

[Biochem]

I had the same problem a while ago. Unfortunately I'm not sure how I solved it. It has to do with your key being stored in a keyring somewhere. On Ubuntu I think seahorse is the default. Have a look in the password tab. if you ssh password is there I think deleting it will do the trick.

[rgrig]

I removed seahorse completely and the window still appears :(

[Biochem]

Ok the other thing i did at the same time configure my ssh client to use different keys for specific server. Maybe renaming the keyfile was the trick.

in ~/.ssh
rename id_rsa

then create a file named config containing

Host * # can be specific server(s)
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/renamed_id_rsa

for more configuration option
man ssh_config

[_Narcisse_]

Just in case :

I think it's a bug, you need to disable SSH agent support in Gnome Keyring.

http://live.gnome.org/GnomeKeyring/Ssh

That's how I worked it out.

[nubdora]

Just in case :

I think it's a bug, you need to disable SSH agent support in Gnome Keyring.

http://live.gnome.org/GnomeKeyring/Ssh

That's how I worked it out.

+1

When I read this, Gnome Keyring was the first thing that came to mind since rgrig stated, "After the latest update..."

[_Narcisse_]

On my side, I always got this annoying pop-up with Hardy Heron.
I thought I had messed up with SSH keys.
I didn't know about Keyring until I found this bug report :

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/187127