Hi,
Thanks for your contribution to Debian. Can you please verify that /usr/bin/ssh-askpass is not a dangling symlink? On Debian systems /usr/bin/ssh-askpass points to /etc/alternatives/ssh-askpass which point to the actual ssh-askpass software. Bye Cesar Mendoza http://www.kitiara.org -- "All truth passes through three stages: first it is ridiculed, then violently opposed and eventually, accepted as self-evident." -- Schopenhauer On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 07:53:02PM -0400, Barry Hawkins wrote: > Package: keychain > Version: 2.5.5-3 > Severity: normal > > Thanks for packaging this most handy utility. After upgrading to > keychain 2.5.5-3, the following behavior was encountered when launching > a login shell for the first time: > > *** Begin sample output *** > KeyChain 2.5.5; http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/keychain/ > Copyright 2002-2004 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPL > > * Found existing ssh-agent (7473) > * Found existing gpg-agent (7452) > * Adding 2 ssh key(s)... > ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/bin/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory > ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/bin/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory > * Error: Problem adding; giving up > *** End sample output *** > > This behavior is repeatable and was tested several times. Keychain is > being invoked on the affected system via the user's .bash_profile as > shown in the sample script block for bash and zsh in keychain(1): > > *** Begin .bash_profile excerpt *** > # Keychain usage > keychain id_rsa id_dsa 80B2D10A > [[ -f $HOME/.keychain/$HOSTNAME-sh ]] && \ > source $HOME/.keychain/$HOSTNAME-sh > [[ -f $HOME/.keychain/$HOSTNAME-sh-gpg ]] && \ > source $HOME/.keychain/$HOSTNAME-sh-gpg > *** End .bash_profile excerpt *** > > In case it matters, SSH_ASKPASS is not being set in the .bash_profile > script in question. Manually calling ssh-add results in an appropriate > password prompt and the reuse of known ssh keys. If I can provide any > further information or testing, please let me know. > > This seems like it may be related to the fix for the issue that was > addressed in Bug #324950, though I have not played with the source > package to test that theory. Once keychain has the ssh keys, an issue > with adding the GPG key is encountered, which I will report separately. > > Regards, > -- > Barry Hawkins > site: www.bytemason.org > weblog: www.yepthatsme.com > > Registered Linux User #368650 >
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