Bug#699600: gnome-session-bin: every session using 'gnome-session' (gnome, ubuntu, ...) have a problem with 'ssh-add -s ...' - startkde, startlxde, ... works.

[Gabriel Sailer]

Package: gnome-session-bin
Version: 2.30.2-3
Severity: normal
Tags: squeeze

On standard installation of debian 6.0 (squeeze) a PKCS#11 key could not be
added to the ssh-agent.
We use a own build PKCS#11 library but the same error occur with '/usr/lib
/opensc-pkcs11.so'.
After deactivating the 'Startup Apllications'

     Certificate and Key Storage
         GNOME Keyring: PKCS#11 Component
     SSH Key Agent
         Gnome Keyring: SSH Agent

the 'ssh-add -s ...' works.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.6
   APT prefers stable-updates
   APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-session-bin depends on:
ii  dbus-x11               1.2.24-4+squeeze2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  gconf2                 2.28.1-6          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libc6                  2.11.3-4          Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.2.24-4+squeeze2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2       0.88-2.1          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgconf2-4            2.28.1-6          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.24.2-1          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.20.1-2          The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii  libice6                2:1.0.6-2         X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libsm6                 2:1.1.1-1         X11 Session Management library
ii  libupower-glib1        0.9.5-5           abstraction for power management -
ii  libx11-6               2:1.3.3-4         X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                1:1.0.6-1         X11 authorisation library
ii  libxext6               2:1.1.2-1         X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxrender1            1:0.9.6-1         X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxtst6               2:1.1.0-3         X11 Testing -- Record extension li
ii  upower                 0.9.5-5           abstraction for power management

gnome-session-bin recommends no packages.

gnome-session-bin suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

### Tested sessions:

# Ubuntu 12.04
/usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session --session=gnome			-> Not OK
/usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session --session=ubuntu			-> Not OK
/usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session --session=ubuntu-2d			-> Not OK
/usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/openbox-session				-> OK
/usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/startkde					-> OK
/usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/startlxde					-> OK
/usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session startxfce4						-> OK

# Debian 6.0
/usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/seahorse-agent --execute x-session-manager	-> Not OK
/usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session x-session-manager					-> Not OK

$ ls -l /usr/bin/x-session-manager /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager /usr/bin/gnome-session
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     22 16. Nov 12:30 /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager -> /usr/bin/gnome-session
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 219976  6. Nov 2010  /usr/bin/gnome-session
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     35 16. Nov 12:30 /usr/bin/x-session-manager -> /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager
$

### ssh-add using login ssh-agent

$ ssh-add -s /usr/local/lib/libcardos11.so
Enter passphrase for PKCS#11:
SSH_AGENT_FAILURE
Could not add card: /usr/local/lib/libcardos11.so
$

### ssh-add using own ssh-agent

$ ssh-agent bash
$ ssh-add -s /usr/local/lib/libcardos11.so
Enter passphrase for PKCS#11:
Card added: /usr/local/lib/libcardos11.so
$ ssh-add -l
2048 20:b4:97:ca:0c:3c:2e:3a:a0:ea:67:ee:75:40:c8:e5 /usr/local/lib/libcardos11.so (RSA)
2048 c1:d4:e9:ed:9b:84:78:60:a0:29:93:c2:78:1f:36:35 /usr/local/lib/libcardos11.so (RSA)
$

Respectfully

Gabriel Sailer