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Control: severity -1 wishlist
Control: tag -1 confirmed

Hi Akihiro,

On  Mi 07 Mai 2014 12:45:11 CEST, Akihiro Nomura wrote:

> Package: x2goclient
> Version: 4.0.2.0
>
> I'm using both PuTTY 0.61 and x2goclient in Windows 7, using SSH=20=20
>=20private key with pass-phrase.
> When I leave "Use RSA/DSA key for ssh connection" blank and select=20=20
>=20"Try auto login (...)", x2goclient connects using SSH key in pageant=20=
=20
>=20and connects well, but when I forget booting pageant, x2goclient=20=20
>=20asks for pass-phrase (of what?) and I cannot login.
>
> In order to prevent the latter scenario, I provided path for private=20=
=20
>=20key (in OpenSSH format, not in .ppk file in PuTTY), leaving "Try=20=20
>=20auto login" check box checked.
> In this case, x2goclient always asks the pass-phrase of the key and=20=20
>=20don't try using key in pageant.
> After providing the pass-phrase, x2goclient works fine, but typing=20=20
>=20pass-phrase many times is annoying.
>
> Is it possible to configure x2goclient to use pageant first and=20=20
>=20specified SSH key as fall back?
>
> Best regards,

this surely makes sense, but the current implementation of SSH=20=20
authentication=20in X2Go Client does not handle things the way you=20=20
suggest.

Marking=20your issue as a wishlist bug for now...

@mikedep333: Note that this issue is not a Windows-only issue. The=20=20
same=20behaviour can be observed on Linux with ssh-agent and a=20=20
non-default=20SSH privkey file location.

Greets,
Mike
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