Would appear the procedure for disabling the ssh component of gnome- keyring has changed, from the Gnome site:-
""" Use the "Startup Applications" capplet (ie: gnome-session-properties) and disable the "SSH Key Agent" startup program. """ -- http://live.gnome.org/GnomeKeyring/Ssh Performing the above step worked just fine for me! -- disabling ssh-agent support still export SSH_AUTH_SOCK https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/654521 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-keyring in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs