Bug#565241: gnome-keyring-ask is missing an option to set the lifetime of a SSH identities

GW gwSPAM.debian at tnode.com
Thu Jan 14 02:57:21 UTC 2010


Package: gnome-keyring
Version: 2.28.2-1
Severity: normal

Now that the gnome-keyring-daemon implements SSH agent functionality and also supports 'auto-destruct' of keys, it is possible to specify maximum lifetime of added identities (SSH keys). Unfortunately this can only be done with the 'ssh-add -t X' command, because gnome-keyring-ask that pops-up when the SSH agent is contacted does not prove an option to set the lifetime of a SSH identity.

The solution would be to add a checkbox and a textbox to the gnome-keyring-ask password dialog for entering the lifetime in seconds or at least having a gconf option to specify the default lifetime of added SSH identities.

Additionally the password dialog could also contain a new button "Allow once" (now I have "Deny" and "OK"), that would be something like setting the lifetime to 0.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers squeeze
  APT policy: (500, 'squeeze'), (500, 'testing'), (300, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (100, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-keyring depends on:
ii  dbus-x11                      1.2.16-2   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  gconf2                        2.28.0-1   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libc6                         2.10.2-2   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdbus-1-3                   1.2.16-2   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgconf2-4                   2.28.0-1   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcr0                       2.28.2-1   Library for Crypto UI related task
ii  libgcrypt11                   1.4.4-6    LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.22.3-1   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgp11-0                     2.28.2-1   Glib wrapper library for PKCS#11 -
ii  libgtk2.0-0                   2.18.3-1   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libpango1.0-0                 1.26.2-1   Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libtasn1-3                    2.3-1      Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)

Versions of packages gnome-keyring recommends:
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring          2.28.2-1   PAM module to unlock the GNOME key

gnome-keyring suggests no packages.

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