Hi Luke, thanks for the bug report and your help to make Ubuntu better. I'm unsure what ssh could/should do differently in this case.
For similar issues there was a gnome PR [1] that went into gnome that should allow a "yes and remember" kind of use-case. Not sure if that is missing in the gnome in 19.04, just not yet released or not applying here for another case. I added gnome/wayland tasks to the bug to get the right experts attention on this bug. [1]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/merge_requests/382 ** Also affects: wayland (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: gnome-desktop (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to wayland in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1843201 Title: Unity in Wayland prompts for keyboard focus on each run of ssh- askpass-gnome Status in gnome-desktop package in Ubuntu: New Status in openssh package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in wayland package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When using a Wayland-based Unity session on Ubuntu 19.04: 1. Have ssh-askpass-gnome as your askpass program. 2. ssh-add -c <some path> 3. `ssh` to a host Each time, before the ssh-askpass prompt is shown, Unity shows this dialog: +-----------------------------------------+ | | | ssh-askpass wants to inhibit shortcuts | | | | You can restore Shortcuts by pressing | | Super+Escape. | | | |_________________________________________| | Deny | Allow | +-----------------------------------------+ This is mildly distracting, and it means that you need to hit <Enter>, answer, <Enter>, instead of just answer <Enter>. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: ssh-askpass-gnome 1:7.9p1-10 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-27.28-generic 5.0.21 Uname: Linux 5.0.0-27-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Sep 8 15:04:25 2019 DistributionChannelDescriptor: # This is the distribution channel descriptor for the OEM CDs # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor canonical-oem-somerville-bionic-amd64-20180608-47+tunnels-mlk+X55+tunnels-mlk+X55.1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-08-27 (12 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 "Bionic" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20180608-09:38 SourcePackage: openssh UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-08-31 (8 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-desktop/+bug/1843201/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp