On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 13:53, jh <jh+...@daria.co.uk> wrote: > Don't think it's that simple. The new agent is overriding the gnome > authentication agent, and you've now lost any keys that were > automagically loaded from the gnome keyring. > > Ah, now I understand:
claudio@Chuck:~$ echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK /tmp/keyring-ZK6XAP/ssh claudio@Chuck:~$ echo $SSH_AGENT_PID 1640 claudio@Chuck:~$ ssh-agent SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-iRQvNKEv2225/agent.2225; export SSH_AUTH_SOCK; SSH_AGENT_PID=2226; export SSH_AGENT_PID; echo Agent pid 2226; So, maybe it means that polkit isn't capable of handling ECDSA keys, and it makes sense because when using seahorse to show the key properties, my ECDSA key is recognized as a 320 bit DSA key (see attachment). ** Attachment added: "Seahorse.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/771272/+attachment/2091399/+files/Seahorse.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/771272 Title: ssh-add does not handle ECDSA keys until ssh-agent exports are manually launched -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
