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[Andrew Stevenson <andrew@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This appears to be fixed, at least in 1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2

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Title:
  ssh-agent env variables not set when not using Bourne shell

Status in openssh package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When I start an X session (default gnome/unity setup) I find that ssh-
  agent is started but the appropriate environment variables
  (SSH_AGENT_PID, SSH_AUTH_SOCK) are not set. .xsession-errors contains:

  init: ssh-agent pre-start process (1797) terminated with status 127

  The problem appears to be in /usr/share/upstart/sessions/ssh-
  agent.conf. It evals ssh-agent expecting the output to be valid Bourne
  shell syntax however ssh-agent checks (IIUC) the user's shell and
  output C shell style code if the user is using a C based shell. I use
  tcsh and so get output like 'setenv SSH_AGENT_PID ...' from ssh-agent.
  This of course fails to set any environment variables in the Bourne
  shell script that the upstart job effectively is.

  Luckily ssh-agent has a flag to ask for Bourne shell syntax.

  --- ssh-agent.conf.orig	2013-10-07 11:30:08.546222472 +0200
  +++ ssh-agent.conf	2013-10-07 11:30:30.858221774 +0200
  @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
       [ -e /etc/X11/Xsession.options ] || { stop; exit 0; }
       grep -q "^use-ssh-agent$" /etc/X11/Xsession.options || { stop; exit 0; }
   
  -    eval "$(ssh-agent)" >/dev/null
  +    eval "$(ssh-agent -s)" >/dev/null
       initctl set-env --global SSH_AUTH_SOCK=$SSH_AUTH_SOCK
       initctl set-env --global SSH_AGENT_PID=$SSH_AGENT_PID
   end script

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: openssh-client 1:6.2p2-6 [modified: usr/share/upstart/sessions/ssh-agent.conf]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-11.17-generic 3.11.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-11-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Oct  7 12:50:45 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-28 (101 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213)
  MarkForUpload: True
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   ssh-askpass       N/A
   libpam-ssh        N/A
   keychain          N/A
   ssh-askpass-gnome 1:6.2p2-6
  SSHClientVersion: OpenSSH_6.2p2 Ubuntu-6, OpenSSL 1.0.1e 11 Feb 2013
  SourcePackage: openssh
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-09-23 (14 days ago)

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