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Can't remove keys from ssh-agent. Even rebooting doesn't help

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Mar 15, 202618594 views
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Problem

A short time ago I noticed that there were three keys in my ssh-agent that I could not delete. showed three keys; I ran , and was told "All identities removed."; but then an immediate showed the same three keys. If I log out and then back in, the keys are still there. If I reboot the machine, the k…

Error Output

2048 00:01:02:03:04:05:06:07:08:09:0a:0b:0c:0d:0e:0f /home/jruser/.ssh/jruser-keyname-20110418 (RSA)

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Fix for: Can't remove keys from ssh-agent. Even rebooting doesn't help

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It looks like it might be a bug. I am having similar behavoir in Ubuntu 10.10. A google search found a bug report for Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=472477 To remove the extra keys I had showing, I just moved them out of th…

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