keybase / keybase/client

Keybase fails to poll smart card for key verification

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Description

I just installed the app on my Linux machine (debian based distro) when logging in on the web said someone I followed sent me something (which that user says via other means he most certainly did not, and we are wanting to see what it is). The app fails to provision the device, saying it cannot find my private key. The private key for my account is on a Smart Card, and I do not extract keys (actually, I cannot extract keys once they are generated and having a flat file key defeats the purpose of a smart card)
GPG has no issues using the card on this machine, and I have other applications that use it as well.

gpg -K

/home/XXXXXXXXXXXX/.gnupg/secring.gpg
-----------------------------
sec>  4096R/48590686 2015-07-12 [expires: 2025-07-09]
      Card serial no. = XXXX XXXXXXXX
uid                  Jimb0 Hon1nbo (Hon1nbo MFA GPG) <hon1nbo@hackingand.coffee>
ssb>  4096R/29F3F68B 2015-07-12
ssb>  4096R/D1184610 2015-07-12

my log id: adfcb3d11ad6cce3cdcf061c

Cheers,
~H

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Research direction

Start at the device-provisioning failure reported for the Debian-based Linux installation and use log ID adfcb3d11ad6cce3cdcf061c to trace the failure. Compare the app's private-key detection with the working smart-card behavior described for GPG; done means provisioning can recognize and use the private key without extracting it.

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Assessment

Tech stack
debian, go, linux
Domain
operating-systems, security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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