ksssaskpass does not work

[PJSingh5000]

Binary package hint: ksshaskpass

I am reporting an issue with ksshaskpass that I encountered on Kubuntu Jaunty 9.04 x64 while using SVN/Subversion with NetBeans 6.5.1.

Here is the issue:

1) I installed ksshaskpass (sudo apt-get install ksshaskpass).
2) When I try to import source into Subversion through NetBeans, I get the ksshaskpass dialog, as expected.
3) I enter the passphrase for my SSL connection to the Subversion repository.
4) After that, I ger an error:
   "SVN command returned with the following error: kbuildsycoca running..."

However, if I uninstall ksshaskpass, and install ssh-askpass, then everything works fine:

1) When I try to import source into Subversion through NetBeans, I get the ssh-askpass dialog.
2) I enter the passphrase for my SSL connection to the Subversion repository.
3) I am then able to successfully connect to Subversion.

I have also tried launching NetBeans from the command-line with ksshaskpass installed and ssh-askpass *not* installed.

1) When I try to import source into Subversion through NetBeans, I get the following message on the command-line (no ksshaskpass dialog): "Enter passphrase for key '/home/<home>/.ssh/id_rsa':"
2) I enter the passphrase for my SSL connection to the Subversion repository.
3) I am then able to successfully connect to Subversion.

So it looks like ksshaskpass is getting invoked, and the dialog appears.
But the ksshaskpass dialog does not seem to pass the pass-phrase back to the invoking application.

Additional infofmation:
My NetBeans SVN setup is pretty standard, so I do not think this is an SVN or NEtBeans issue. This setup works with SVN and ssh-askpass, but not with ksshaskpass...
    Repository URL: svn+ssh://<server>/<repository>
    Tunnel Command: ssh -l <user_id> -i /home/<user>/.ssh/id_rsa

[Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Christian Mangold (neversfelde)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. ksshaskpass 0.5.1, which is a KDE4 version is in jaunty backports or will appear there soon. Would you please test it and report if the problem still exist?

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!