Bug #57696 MySQL Workbench SSH locks up / freezes when ssh key not available
Submitted: 24 Oct 2010 19:34 Modified: 29 Nov 2010 15:32
Reporter: Kevin Benton Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Workbench Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.2.29 OS:Windows (XP)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[24 Oct 2010 19:34] Kevin Benton
Description:
MySQL Workbench freezes when attempting to open a connection that relies on a SSH key when pagent is not loaded. Would have expected it to at least tell me that "Could not find an open SSH Key / Certificate Store". When that is the case, it should ask me if I want to enter a password or abort the connection.

If the certificate store is open but the expected key is not available, I would expect similar behavior - that WB would report an error and ask the user how to proceed.

How to repeat:
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Suggested fix:
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[29 Oct 2010 18:51] Johannes Taxacher
Hi Kevin,
i cannot repeat the problem. If i rename/remove the keyfile, WB correctly  falls back to password auth and presents the password input dialog. This seems to be tied to using WB with pagent - can you elaborate your setup?
thanks in advance
[29 Oct 2010 19:22] Kevin Benton
Try connecting when your ssh agent is not started.
[21 Nov 2010 23:41] Kevin Benton
Johannes - have you been able to reproduce this when the agent is not started?
[29 Nov 2010 15:32] Kevin Benton
Not able to reproduce at the moment. Will re-open when I am able to consistently reproduce the issue.