Unable to use ssh-agent with confirmation, when logged in on a virtual terminal

[Johannes Kastl]

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Good evening,

On 03.11.2014 Johannes Kastl wrote:

> I am trying to get ssh-add with the -c option to work. But I
> always get this error:
>> Agent admitted failure to sign using the key.

Mark and Angel replied on and off the list, and both suggested that
the SSH_ASKPASS variable is set wrong.

I thought that these variables are for using *graphical* programs to
ask for the passphrase. And on most of my machines, no X server is
even installed. So I thought these variables are not necessary, and it
does not matter it they are empty.

As I replied to Angel, I would have thought that there is a fallback,
but apparently this is not the case. Or it is not working.

However, when I set SSH_ASKPASS to /usr/lib/ssh/ssh-askpass and the
DISPLAY variable to 'foo', I still get the error.

I noticed that on the one machine with the graphical gui, I get the
prompt via kwallet (KDE's password safe), but it is enough to click OK
to allow this request. But I had to unlock my password safe first.

And the SSH_ASKPASS variable is set to /usr/lib/ssh/ssh-askpass on
this machine. So maybe this is really just a prompt for machines with
a running X server...

Regards,
Johannes
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