This indeed appears to be a duplicate of #1271591. I checked the value of SSH_AUTH_SOCK
When prompted in terminal: $ echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK /tmp/ssh-m3uUUZCXI6xj/agent.2567 When prompted by gnome-keyring ~$ echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK /run/user/1000/keyring-ABCDef/ssh -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1276938 Title: Inconsistent agent behaviour with ssh on the desktop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/1276938/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs