[virt-tools-list] QEMU/KVM and ssh

Ron Yorston rmy at frippery.org
Thu Feb 18 17:25:37 UTC 2016


Cole Robinson wrote:
>On 02/18/2016 05:59 AM, Ron Yorston wrote:
>> What is remembering my credentials?  And how do I stop it from doing that?
>
>Not virt-manager. If you are using gnome-shell, it has an integrated
>ssh-agent. If the password dialog that pops up has your desktop themeing
>that's probably the case, otherwise it will be a plain window like
>openssh-askpass presents

Yes, I'm using GNOME Shell, and yes the dialog has desktop theming.
I thought I'd stopped GNOME from acting as an ssh-agent but evidently
they've changed things again.  It happens every two or three years.

Thanks for the hint.  I'll go and pester the GNOMEs.

Ron




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