I encountered this problem after upgrading to Precise 12.04 LTS -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-keyring in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201786
Title: ssh Agent admitted failure to sign using the key on big endian machines Status in Seahorse: Fix Released Status in “gnome-keyring” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “openssh” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: on hardy (preserved home folder from feisty) i get the following when i try to ssh Agent admitted failure to sign using the key. Permission denied (publickey). or with verbose on sam@titania:~$ ssh -v oberon OpenSSH_4.7p1 Debian-4ubuntu1, OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007 debug1: Reading configuration data /home/sam/.ssh/config debug1: Applying options for oberon debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: Applying options for * debug1: Connecting to ###### [######] port ##. debug1: Connection established. debug1: identity file /home/sam/.ssh/identity type -1 debug1: identity file /home/sam/.ssh/id_rsa type 1 debug1: identity file /home/sam/.ssh/id_dsa type -1 debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_4.6p1 Debian-5ubuntu0.1 debug1: match: OpenSSH_4.6p1 Debian-5ubuntu0.1 pat OpenSSH* debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0 debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.7p1 Debian-4ubuntu1 debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received debug1: kex: server->client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none debug1: kex: client->server aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY debug1: using hostkeyalias: oberon debug1: Host 'oberon' is known and matches the RSA host key. debug1: Found key in /home/sam/.ssh/known_hosts:1 debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey debug1: Next authentication method: publickey debug1: Offering public key: /home/sam/.ssh/id_rsa debug1: Server accepts key: pkalg ssh-rsa blen 277 Agent admitted failure to sign using the key. debug1: Trying private key: /home/sam/.ssh/identity debug1: Trying private key: /home/sam/.ssh/id_dsa debug1: No more authentication methods to try. Permission denied (publickey). I tried generating a new key. this worked for a few logons, but then i get back to this error. I think it is to do with the local key agent. i found that SSH_AUTH_SOCK=0 ssh oberon works fine. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/seahorse/+bug/201786/+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