[xubuntu-users] XFCE ssh agent and broken recognition of new ssh keys?

[Antoine Pitrou]

Ok, I've found the sorry explanation: gnome-keyring doesn't support
ed25519 keys yet... *sigh*.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=723274

Regards

Antoine.


On Tue, 1 Sep 2015 10:46:41 +0200
Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have generated a new SSH key and to my surprise it doesn't seem
> recognized by whatever XFCE uses as an ssh agent (gnome-keyring,
> right?). With older keys I get a passphrase popup once per session, and
> then the key is remembered for the rest of the session. With this new
> key I get the OpenSSH passphrase prompt on the terminal, and the key
> isn't remembered so I get the prompt again on each new ssh call. This
> is a large annoyance.
> 
> Out of curiosity I wondered if I could add the key myself, but it
> doesn't seem to work either:
> 
> $ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
> Enter passphrase for /home/antoine/.ssh/id_ed25519: 
> Error reading response length from authentication socket.
> Could not add identity: /home/antoine/.ssh/id_ed25519
> 
> 
> I also tried to log out and log in again.
> 
> Any guidance?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Antoine.