SSH keys should not be generated automatically - or at least kept for QtCreator use only
Bug #1237923 reported by
Michał Sawicz
This bug affects 5 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu UI Toolkit |
Invalid
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
| qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I have 3 Ubuntu Touch devices that I work with... each of them gets its own SSH key as soon as I start QtCreator
First of all, I'm not sure if auto-generating SSH keys and sending them around is a good idea in itself. Even if they are - they should be stored somewhere else than ~/.ssh/ and referenced directly by QtCreator when it uses ssh to access the devices.
Biggest issue for me is that with my own two SSH keys that I use daily, another three means I've 5 in total, and that makes it impossible to log in to certain SSH servers due to "Too many authentication failures", 'cause SSH tries all of the keys in sequence, and doesn't get to trying the password.
Related branches
lp:~zeller-benjamin/qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu/devsshkey
- PS Jenkins bot: Approve (continuous-integration)
- Zoltan Balogh: Pending requested
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Diff: 48 lines (+8/-3)3 files modifiedshare/qtcreator/ubuntu/scripts/functions.inc (+6/-1)
src/ubuntu/ubuntuconstants.h (+1/-1)
src/ubuntu/ubuntudevice.cpp (+1/-1)
Revision history for this message
| Michael Zanetti (mzanetti) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in ubuntu-ui-toolkit: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in ubuntu-ui-toolkit: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Revision history for this message
| Michael Zanetti (mzanetti) wrote | #2 |
Revision history for this message
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
| Changed in ubuntu-ui-toolkit: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
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I'm heavily affected by this too. Have to delete ubuntudevice keys at least once a week or it'll lock me out from all my servers.
In combination with an issue in ssh-agent caching those keys, I couldn't git clone from gitorious, log in my XBMC box or my webserver any more even after deleting them from disk today.