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gnome-keyring package

  1. Bug #1067301
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 1067301

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Lars Noodén (larsnooden) wrote : Re: ssh-add: Error reading response length from authentication socket.

It then gives the error "Agent admitted failure to sign using the key."

$ eval `ssh-agent`
Agent pid 9903

$ ssh-add -c /home/user/.ssh/key_rsa
Enter passphrase for /home/user/.ssh/key_5501_rsa:
Identity added: /home/user/.ssh/key_rsa (/home/user/.ssh/key_rsa)
The user must confirm each use of the key

$ ssh -i /home/lars/.ssh/key_rsa -l user XX.YY.ZZ.AA
Agent admitted failure to sign using the key.
Enter passphrase for key '/home/user/.ssh/key_rsa':