Accessing SFTP over "Connect to Server..." asks for password 3 times after connection and when changing directories
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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bzr-gtk (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: nautilus
When connecting to a server using "Connect to Server..." in Nautilus, you are first prompted for a password ("Enter password for SSH as <username> on <servername/IP>") with three options: Forget password immediately/
Having correctly entered the password, you are prompted again for the password 3 times in a simpler prompt ("<username>
Note that the options for remembering the password in the first password prompt does not have any bearing on the issue: it happens regardless of which one you choose.
The issue also occurs when you connect through Alt-F2 and type in sftp://<username>@<server> .
However, the issue does not occur when connecting through Dolphin or Konqueror.
Confirmed when connecting to servers running openssh on Ubuntu Server Editions 10.04 and 11.04.
I have enabled "LogLevel DEBUG" in /etc/ssh/
Connecting client release: Ubuntu 11.04 (Desktop 32bit)
Issue relates to: /usr/bin/
Nautilus version: 1:2.32.
Just found that someone else has reported this as Bug #540280. I will mark this as a duplicate.
Having removed nautilus-bzr, the problem goes away. I am attaching another sshd debug log from auth.log of connecting using "Connect to server..." with nautilus-bzr removed. Once it is removed, and an sftp connection made through nautilus, the logging from sshd show some differences.