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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Fri, 07 Aug 2015 16:08:14 +0000ssh sessions in i3https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/hello all, I've been using in i3 for a while, and loved it so much. The only thing I'm missing is, when I was using gnome DE, it was automatically remember my passphrase after login in one time. It was asking my pwd in a pop-up, i3 asks it on the command line itself; *Enter passphrase for key '/home/jeffisabelle/.ssh/id_rsa':* the bad thing is, it asks every time I connect some server or use SCP to transfer files. Is there any way to use gnome's relevant utility for ssh connections? and if there is, how can I achieve this. I'm not pretty sure how gnome handles those keys, but I found there is a utility called *gnome-keyring* and *gnome-keyring-daemon* but I couldn't get them working on i3. Any help would be appreciated. Mon, 09 Sep 2013 03:40:52 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/Comment by Michael for hello all, I've been using in i3 for a while, and loved it so much. The only thing I'm missing is, when I was using gnome DE, it was automatically remember my passphrase after login in one time. It was asking my pwd in a pop-up, i3 asks it on the command line itself; Enter passphrase for key '/home/jeffisabelle/.ssh/id_rsa': the bad thing is, it asks every time I connect some server or use SCP to transfer files. Is there any way to use gnome's relevant utility for ssh connections? and if there is, how can I achieve this. I'm not pretty sure how gnome handles those keys, but I found there is a utility called gnome-keyring and gnome-keyring-daemon but I couldn't get them working on i3. Any help would be appreciated. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?comment=2549#comment-2549Can you describe why gnome-keyring “does not work”? What is the symptom, what did you try?Thu, 19 Sep 2013 02:47:36 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?comment=2549#comment-2549Comment by Hibou57 for hello all, I've been using in i3 for a while, and loved it so much. The only thing I'm missing is, when I was using gnome DE, it was automatically remember my passphrase after login in one time. It was asking my pwd in a pop-up, i3 asks it on the command line itself; Enter passphrase for key '/home/jeffisabelle/.ssh/id_rsa': the bad thing is, it asks every time I connect some server or use SCP to transfer files. Is there any way to use gnome's relevant utility for ssh connections? and if there is, how can I achieve this. I'm not pretty sure how gnome handles those keys, but I found there is a utility called gnome-keyring and gnome-keyring-daemon but I couldn't get them working on i3. Any help would be appreciated. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?comment=4120#comment-4120I checked I have to manually invoke `ssh-add` which works. This suggest there really is an effective SSH Agent running, except it does not automatically invoke `ssh-add` as it do from within an Ubuntu session.Fri, 04 Jul 2014 14:35:24 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?comment=4120#comment-4120Comment by Hibou57 for hello all, I've been using in i3 for a while, and loved it so much. The only thing I'm missing is, when I was using gnome DE, it was automatically remember my passphrase after login in one time. It was asking my pwd in a pop-up, i3 asks it on the command line itself; Enter passphrase for key '/home/jeffisabelle/.ssh/id_rsa': the bad thing is, it asks every time I connect some server or use SCP to transfer files. Is there any way to use gnome's relevant utility for ssh connections? and if there is, how can I achieve this. I'm not pretty sure how gnome handles those keys, but I found there is a utility called gnome-keyring and gnome-keyring-daemon but I couldn't get them working on i3. Any help would be appreciated. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?comment=4119#comment-4119@Michael, I have `gnome-keyring-d` running, but SSH still ask me the passphrase each time I log in with the same key. It works fine with the classic Ubuntu session (ask only once), not from within an i3 session (ask each time). Should I start a question specifically about i3 and GNOME Keyring? (note: I'm not the OP).Fri, 04 Jul 2014 13:03:12 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?comment=4119#comment-4119Answer by DocOC for hello all, I've been using in i3 for a while, and loved it so much. The only thing I'm missing is, when I was using gnome DE, it was automatically remember my passphrase after login in one time. It was asking my pwd in a pop-up, i3 asks it on the command line itself; Enter passphrase for key '/home/jeffisabelle/.ssh/id_rsa': the bad thing is, it asks every time I connect some server or use SCP to transfer files. Is there any way to use gnome's relevant utility for ssh connections? and if there is, how can I achieve this. I'm not pretty sure how gnome handles those keys, but I found there is a utility called gnome-keyring and gnome-keyring-daemon but I couldn't get them working on i3. Any help would be appreciated. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?answer=2505#post-id-2505Why not just generate your public key without a passphrase? This way you do not need gnome-keyring to manage passphrases for you. When you run ssh-keygen, and it asks you for a passphrase, simply hit the enter key, do the same when it asks you to re-enter the passphrase.Mon, 09 Sep 2013 14:58:43 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?answer=2505#post-id-2505Comment by Michael for Why not just generate your public key without a passphrase? This way you do not need gnome-keyring to manage passphrases for you. When you run ssh-keygen, and it asks you for a passphrase, simply hit the enter key, do the same when it asks you to re-enter the passphrase. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?comment=2525#comment-2525Having a passphrase is a good idea in case your file ever gets leaked, which can happen in many ways.Sat, 14 Sep 2013 14:51:12 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?comment=2525#comment-2525Comment by DocOC for Why not just generate your public key without a passphrase? This way you do not need gnome-keyring to manage passphrases for you. When you run ssh-keygen, and it asks you for a passphrase, simply hit the enter key, do the same when it asks you to re-enter the passphrase. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?comment=2526#comment-2526Well, the only way having no passphrase would be more insecure than with gnome-keyring would be if your local machine account were remotely compromised. However, I think this url will help you: https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeKeyring/PamSat, 14 Sep 2013 17:04:20 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?comment=2526#comment-2526Answer by fsdklfds for hello all, I've been using in i3 for a while, and loved it so much. The only thing I'm missing is, when I was using gnome DE, it was automatically remember my passphrase after login in one time. It was asking my pwd in a pop-up, i3 asks it on the command line itself; Enter passphrase for key '/home/jeffisabelle/.ssh/id_rsa': the bad thing is, it asks every time I connect some server or use SCP to transfer files. Is there any way to use gnome's relevant utility for ssh connections? and if there is, how can I achieve this. I'm not pretty sure how gnome handles those keys, but I found there is a utility called gnome-keyring and gnome-keyring-daemon but I couldn't get them working on i3. Any help would be appreciated. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?answer=4876#post-id-4876use gnome-keyring nicely with i3 the following environment variable must be set: DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS following script does it when started i.e. with gdm: /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/30-dbus #!/bin/bash # launches a session dbus instance if [ -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS" ] && type dbus-launch >/dev/null; then eval $(dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session) fi to use it as an ssh-agent in X11: /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/50-gnome-keyring-daemon if [ "$DESKTOP_SESSION" = "i3" ]; then export $(gnome-keyring-daemon --start --components=secrets,ssh) fi then if you wanna use it with chromium and the above conditions are met just launch `chromium --password-store=gnome` libgnome-keyring does only initialize correctly when DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS is set and dbus is running.Tue, 28 Oct 2014 21:19:00 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?answer=4876#post-id-4876Answer by Hibou57 for hello all, I've been using in i3 for a while, and loved it so much. The only thing I'm missing is, when I was using gnome DE, it was automatically remember my passphrase after login in one time. It was asking my pwd in a pop-up, i3 asks it on the command line itself; Enter passphrase for key '/home/jeffisabelle/.ssh/id_rsa': the bad thing is, it asks every time I connect some server or use SCP to transfer files. Is there any way to use gnome's relevant utility for ssh connections? and if there is, how can I achieve this. I'm not pretty sure how gnome handles those keys, but I found there is a utility called gnome-keyring and gnome-keyring-daemon but I couldn't get them working on i3. Any help would be appreciated. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?answer=4133#post-id-4133Here is what I did (checked working), for using SSH key unlocking for SFTP and SSH terminal session, in i3 running on Ubuntu 12.04. In `~/.config/i3/config` or `~/.i3/config`, add this: exec --no-startup-id /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon In `~/.profile`, add this: if [ "$0" = "/usr/sbin/lightdm-session" -a "$DESKTOP_SESSION" = "i3" ]; then export $(gnome-keyring-daemon -s) fi The latter may need to be tweaked, according to the explanations given in this reply to another question: [Session's environment variables](https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4126/sessions-environment-variables/?answer=4130#post-id-4130). Now I get the same as within a classical Ubuntu session, that is, it ask me for the pass‑phrase the first time I sign‑in using a public key, and automatically sign‑in me without asking the pass‑phrase any‑more, each time I sign‑in using a key for which I already confirmed the pass‑phrase. Hint: you may have to look at GNOME Keyring configuration to tell it to forget about the pass‑phrase after some inactivity delay or after each session logout (the default) or others, depending on your preference (I will later look at the command to be launched to do that from i3 and will edit this message to tell).Sat, 05 Jul 2014 03:52:18 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?answer=4133#post-id-4133Comment by spidernik84 for Here is what I did (checked working), for using SSH key unlocking for SFTP and SSH terminal session, in i3 running on Ubuntu 12.04. In <code>~/.config/i3/config</code> or <code>~/.i3/config</code>, add this: <pre><code>exec --no-startup-id /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon </code></pre> In <code>~/.profile</code>, add this: <pre><code>if [ "$0" = "/usr/sbin/lightdm-session" -a "$DESKTOP_SESSION" = "i3" ]; then export $(gnome-keyring-daemon -s) fi </code></pre> The latter may need to be tweaked, according to the explanations given in this reply to another question: <a href="https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4126/sessions-environment-variables/?answer=4130#post-id-4130">Session's environment variables</a>. Now I get the same as within a classical Ubuntu session, that is, it ask me for the pass‑phrase the first time I sign‑in using a public key, and automatically sign‑in me without asking the pass‑phrase any‑more, each time I sign‑in using a key for which I already confirmed the pass‑phrase. Hint: you may have to look at GNOME Keyring configuration to tell it to forget about the pass‑phrase after some inactivity delay or after each session logout (the default) or others, depending on your preference (I will later look at the command to be launched to do that from i3 and will edit this message to tell). https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?comment=6400#comment-6400This trick does not work for me on ubuntu 14.04, but it works perfectly on 12.04! The keyring starts but everything depending on it (ssh, nm-applet password prompt for new wireless networks, ssh) just hangs indefinitely unless I manually start it in a terminal as well. Any clue? :(Fri, 07 Aug 2015 08:09:43 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?comment=6400#comment-6400Comment by ken for Here is what I did (checked working), for using SSH key unlocking for SFTP and SSH terminal session, in i3 running on Ubuntu 12.04. In <code>~/.config/i3/config</code> or <code>~/.i3/config</code>, add this: <pre><code>exec --no-startup-id /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon </code></pre> In <code>~/.profile</code>, add this: <pre><code>if [ "$0" = "/usr/sbin/lightdm-session" -a "$DESKTOP_SESSION" = "i3" ]; then export $(gnome-keyring-daemon -s) fi </code></pre> The latter may need to be tweaked, according to the explanations given in this reply to another question: <a href="https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4126/sessions-environment-variables/?answer=4130#post-id-4130">Session's environment variables</a>. Now I get the same as within a classical Ubuntu session, that is, it ask me for the pass‑phrase the first time I sign‑in using a public key, and automatically sign‑in me without asking the pass‑phrase any‑more, each time I sign‑in using a key for which I already confirmed the pass‑phrase. Hint: you may have to look at GNOME Keyring configuration to tell it to forget about the pass‑phrase after some inactivity delay or after each session logout (the default) or others, depending on your preference (I will later look at the command to be launched to do that from i3 and will edit this message to tell). https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?comment=4613#comment-4613I would add http://www.nurdletech.com/linux-notes/agents/keyring.html as reading reference regarding gnome-keyring and pam. Helped me a lot in considering that this is the most appropriate answer.Tue, 09 Sep 2014 04:22:01 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?comment=4613#comment-4613Answer by spidernik84 for hello all, I've been using in i3 for a while, and loved it so much. The only thing I'm missing is, when I was using gnome DE, it was automatically remember my passphrase after login in one time. It was asking my pwd in a pop-up, i3 asks it on the command line itself; Enter passphrase for key '/home/jeffisabelle/.ssh/id_rsa': the bad thing is, it asks every time I connect some server or use SCP to transfer files. Is there any way to use gnome's relevant utility for ssh connections? and if there is, how can I achieve this. I'm not pretty sure how gnome handles those keys, but I found there is a utility called gnome-keyring and gnome-keyring-daemon but I couldn't get them working on i3. Any help would be appreciated. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?answer=6403#post-id-6403All these tricks did not help in Ubuntu 14.04, sadly. What worked for me was to start the unity-settings-daemon via the i3 config file: exec --no-startup-id unity-settings-daemon From my understanding this executable replaces the old gnome-settings-daemon and takes care, like its old relative, to setup the agent and all the rest. Indeed, after adding that line the keyring started automatically at login without needing to put any line in .profile.Fri, 07 Aug 2015 16:08:14 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?answer=6403#post-id-6403Answer by Lluís for hello all, I've been using in i3 for a while, and loved it so much. The only thing I'm missing is, when I was using gnome DE, it was automatically remember my passphrase after login in one time. It was asking my pwd in a pop-up, i3 asks it on the command line itself; Enter passphrase for key '/home/jeffisabelle/.ssh/id_rsa': the bad thing is, it asks every time I connect some server or use SCP to transfer files. Is there any way to use gnome's relevant utility for ssh connections? and if there is, how can I achieve this. I'm not pretty sure how gnome handles those keys, but I found there is a utility called gnome-keyring and gnome-keyring-daemon but I couldn't get them working on i3. Any help would be appreciated. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?answer=2546#post-id-2546you can use ssh-agent, but I am not sure how to use it on i3wm, on terminal do export SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/bin/ksshaskpass eval $(ssh-agent) ssh-add then ssh-agent will authenticate you every time your private key is needed can someone tell how you can launch this on every i3wm login?Wed, 18 Sep 2013 16:36:19 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?answer=2546#post-id-2546Comment by Michael for you can use ssh-agent, but I am not sure how to use it on i3wm, on terminal do <pre><code>export SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/bin/ksshaskpass eval $(ssh-agent) ssh-add </code></pre> then ssh-agent will authenticate you every time your private key is needed can someone tell how you can launch this on every i3wm login? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?comment=2550#comment-2550I suppose the best way would be to start it in your .xsession before launching i3, so that the environment variables are present in all programs of your session. Ideally, you’d ask this as a separate question on this site, though.Thu, 19 Sep 2013 02:48:35 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?comment=2550#comment-2550Answer by chilicuil for hello all, I've been using in i3 for a while, and loved it so much. The only thing I'm missing is, when I was using gnome DE, it was automatically remember my passphrase after login in one time. It was asking my pwd in a pop-up, i3 asks it on the command line itself; Enter passphrase for key '/home/jeffisabelle/.ssh/id_rsa': the bad thing is, it asks every time I connect some server or use SCP to transfer files. Is there any way to use gnome's relevant utility for ssh connections? and if there is, how can I achieve this. I'm not pretty sure how gnome handles those keys, but I found there is a utility called gnome-keyring and gnome-keyring-daemon but I couldn't get them working on i3. Any help would be appreciated. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?answer=3474#post-id-3474You can also use the gpg-agent to manage both, your gpg and ssh keys. This is how I do it on Ubuntu 12.04 > Enable ssh-agent emulation in gpg-agent sed -i -e "/STARTUP/ s:--daemon:--enable-ssh-support --daemon:" /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90gpg-agent Disable ssh-agent on startup sed -i -e "s:^use-ssh-agent:#use-ssh-agent:g" /etc/X11/Xsession.options Enable agent gpg usage echo "use-agent" >> "$HOME"/.gnupg/gpg.conf Launch i3 this way on ~/.xsession or through your favorite login manager: /etc/X11/Xsession i3Tue, 04 Mar 2014 12:55:06 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?answer=3474#post-id-3474Answer by paulegan for hello all, I've been using in i3 for a while, and loved it so much. The only thing I'm missing is, when I was using gnome DE, it was automatically remember my passphrase after login in one time. It was asking my pwd in a pop-up, i3 asks it on the command line itself; Enter passphrase for key '/home/jeffisabelle/.ssh/id_rsa': the bad thing is, it asks every time I connect some server or use SCP to transfer files. Is there any way to use gnome's relevant utility for ssh connections? and if there is, how can I achieve this. I'm not pretty sure how gnome handles those keys, but I found there is a utility called gnome-keyring and gnome-keyring-daemon but I couldn't get them working on i3. Any help would be appreciated. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?answer=3446#post-id-3446At least on Fedora, Xsession will source your `~/.profile`. So you can start `gnome-keyring-daemon` there with something like this: if [ "$0" = "/etc/gdm/Xsession" -a "$DESKTOP_SESSION" = "i3" ]; then export $(gnome-keyring-daemon --start) # SSH_AGENT_PID required to stop xinitrc-common from starting ssh-agent export SSH_AGENT_PID=${GNOME_KEYRING_PID:-gnome} fi That should work with any window manager and avoids the need to override `~/.xsession` or `~/.xinitrc`, duplicating some system setup. It's important to set `SSH_AGENT_PID` so that the system script doesn't start `ssh-agent`. See pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/xorg-x11-xinit.git/tree/xinitrc-common?id=dcd41885446ee6e69bfe1e2b0466375d701fce08#n20Wed, 26 Feb 2014 22:46:28 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2498/ssh-sessions-in-i3/?answer=3446#post-id-3446