Issue when creating more than 5 ssh keys
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| seahorse (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I am using Seahorse to create and setup new secure shell keys to my servers and other computers. The first five keys are created as expected. When I attempt to create the 6th key I proceed as follows:
Press the green + sign
Select Secure Shell Key
Enter a description for the key
Click Create and Set Up
Enter my password twice
Enter the Server address and login name
Click Set Up
At this point I receive an error message
Couldn't configure Secure Shell keys on remote computer.
Received disconnect from 192.168.0.112 port 22:2: Too many authentication failures for ken
packet_write_wait: Connection to 192.168.0.112 port 22: Broken pipe
If I delete one of the 5 keys I have already created I CAN create a key for this server. The error ALWAYS occurs on the 6th key I attempt to create. Upon investigation I find that the default number of bad attempts to connect to an ssh server is 5. If I up this value on the target server to 6 I CAN create a key for that server in Seahorse.
I suspect that in the process of setting up the new key Seahorse is trying all available keys to see if one works for the target server and if not Seahorse will prompt me for my password on the target server.
This issue has been in Seahorse for a LONG time. I believe I submitted a bug report on CentOS 6 or perhaps Ubuntu 9.10 several years ago. It is present in the version of Seahorse included with CentOS 7 (Seahorse 3.14.1) as well as the version in Ubuntu Mate 16.04.
Please advise if I can provide any additional information.
Ken
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: seahorse 3.18.0-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-63-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Wed Feb 22 06:06:22 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-24 (29 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
SourcePackage: seahorse
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
| Ken (taylor1jnk) wrote | #1 |
