On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 5:23 PM, Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer@gmail.com> wrote:
On 05/24/2018 01:24 AM, Gianluca Cecchi wrote:
Actually latest updates brought in better (if you mind usability) or worse (if you mind security) behavior, not covered in the two bugs...

In fact now if I connect to a system with the key that has a passphrase from gnome-terminal, I can log in without even being asked about passphrase the first time???
I supposed at least across reboots there should be any cache m


When you enter your passphrase for an ssh key in GNOME, there is a checkbox labeled something like "unlock this key automatically at login".  If you click on that box, the passphrase for your key will be stored in the GNOME keyring, and the key will be unlocked without prompting you.  You can use "seahorse" (aka "Passwords and Keys") to find and remove that stored passphrase if you prefer not to have that stored.


Thanks, indeed I find it in the section "OpenSSH Keys" of the Gnome Tool you referred.
I don't remember to have chosen to store it anyway...

I would have preferred the chance to store for "session" as I was able to do with Mate. Instead here it seems it lasts forever....
This way the first time after power on you are asked the passphrase and until you power off the laptop you are not.

Gianluca