SSH problems

"(``-_-ยดยด) -- Fernando" ubuntu at bugabundo.net
Wed Nov 21 15:11:46 UTC 2007


Michael Peek escreveu:
> Hello all,
> 
> I have the following little problem:
> 
> Before I upgraded my laptop from feisty to gutsy, I used to be able to
> do this:
> 
> laptop$ ssh -l me workstation.at.work
> password:
> workstation$ ssh-add
> Enter passphrase for ...:
> Identity added: ...
> workstation$
> 
> After which, I could ssh anywhere and as anyone that I could had I used
> ssh-add on the console of my workstation.  Very nice for working from home.
> 
> But after the upgrade, I get the following error:
> 
> laptop$ ssh -l me workstation.at.work
> password:
> workstation$ ssh-add
> Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.
> 
> I have verified that ssh-agent is in fact running:
> 
> laptop$ ps -ef | grep ssh-agent
> me      5649  5614  0 09:37 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent
> x-session-manager
> 
> I have also tried running the ssh-agent by hand:
> 
> laptop$ exec ssh-agent bash
> laptop$ ssh -l me workstation.at.work
> password:
> workstation$ ssh-add
> Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.
> 
> And I have tried installing openssh-server (something that I really
> don't want to do if I can avoid it), but that didn't work either.
> 
> So, ubuntu gurus, can anyone help me?  Anyone have any idea why this
> would have worked under feisty and not under gutsy?  What can I check
> that I haven't already?
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> 
> Michael
> 

Hi Michael.

I too have had a few probs adding ssh keys.
I could only make it work, after removing the old key on the remote 
server, and then using my pgp-agent (seahorse).
I think that Gusty forces an extra validation, and this is what may be 
making it dificult for you.




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