#489 - x2goclient ignores pageant if path to SSH key is provided

X2Go Bug report logs - #489
x2goclient ignores pageant if path to SSH key is provided

Reported by: Akihiro Nomura <sacredfox@hotmail.com>

Date: Wed, 7 May 2014 10:55:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: confirmed

Found in version 4.0.2.0

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Subject: Re: [X2Go-Dev] Bug#489: x2goclient ignores pageant if path to SSH
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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 > private key with pass-phrase. > When I leave "Use RSA/DSA key for ssh connection" blank and select > "Try auto login (...)", x2goclient connects using SSH key in pageant > and connects well, but when I forget booting pageant, x2goclient > asks for pass-phrase (of what?) and I cannot login. > > In order to prevent the latter scenario, I provided path for private > key (in OpenSSH format, not in .ppk file in PuTTY), leaving "Try > auto login" check box checked. > In this case, x2goclient always asks the pass-phrase of the key and > don't try using key in pageant. > After providing the pass-phrase, x2goclient works fine, but typing > pass-phrase many times is annoying. > > Is it possible to configure x2goclient to use pageant first and > specified SSH key as fall back? > > Best regards, this surely makes sense, but the current implementation of SSH authentication in X2Go Client does not handle things the way you suggest. Marking your issue as a wishlist bug for now... @mikedep333: Note that this issue is not a Windows-only issue. The same behaviour can be observed on Linux with ssh-agent and a non-default SSH privkey file location. Greets, Mike -- DAS-NETZWERKTEAM mike gabriel, herweg 7, 24357 fleckeby fon: +49 (1520) 1976 148 GnuPG Key ID 0x25771B31 mail: mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de, http://das-netzwerkteam.de freeBusy: https://mail.das-netzwerkteam.de/freebusy/m.gabriel%40das-netzwerkteam.de.xfb

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X2Go Bug report logs - #489 x2goclient ignores pageant if path to SSH key is provided

X2Go Bug report logs - #489
x2goclient ignores pageant if path to SSH key is provided