Bug#623539: Takes over GPG and SSH agents from gnupg-agent and ssh-agent
Josh Triplett
josh at joshtriplett.org
Sat Apr 23 00:02:45 UTC 2011
reopen 623539
retitle 623539 Takes over GPG and SSH agents from gnupg-agent and ssh-agent
thanks
Thank you for adding documentation on how to manually disable
gnome-keyring's SSH and GPG agents. (I just ran into the SSH agent
today; apparently gnome-keyring now ignores the previous
/apps/gnome-keyring/daemon-components/ssh gconf key.) However, this
only fixes half of the reported bug.
I have libpam-ssh installed and configured. libpam-ssh starts an
ssh-agent with my SSH key automatically unlocked via my login password.
gnome-keyring ignores the configured SSH agent, and starts one of its
own. Similarly, gnome-keyring ignores my configured gpg-agent, and
starts a GPG agent of its own. Please check if the session already has
a running GPG agent, and only run the corresponding gnome-keyring agent
if not present. That way, if the user has gpg-agent or libpam-ssh or
similar installed, it will Just Work; if not, gnome-keyring can handle
that functionality.
- Josh Triplett
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