Public bug reported: keyctl will fail to access keys as root over ssh. If you try to it directly on the machine it works.
This seems to be fixed in 1.5.9-ubuntu1 so it should be more of a backport. ** Affects: keyutils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1453349 Title: root can't access its keys using ssh To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/keyutils/+bug/1453349/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs