bzr_set.py not working -- Permission denied (publickey)

This appears to be a problem with permissions on the branches as it happens when branching manually.

Full stack:
Branch lp:~openerp-commiter/openobject-addons/trunk-extra-addons to ./addons-extra
Permission denied (publickey).
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "bzr_set.py", line 63, in <module>
    cmd.run(bzrdir, local, **cmd_args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzr-1.8-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/bzrlib/builtins.py", line 878, in run
    from_location)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzr-1.8-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/bzrlib/bzrdir.py", line 888, in open_tree_or_branch
    bzrdir = klass.open(location)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzr-1.8-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/bzrlib/bzrdir.py", line 766, in open
    return BzrDir.open_from_transport(t, _unsupported=_unsupported)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzr-1.8-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/bzrlib/bzrdir.py", line 808, in open_from_transport
    return format.open(transport, _found=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzr-1.8-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/bzrlib/bzrdir.py", line 1766, in open
    return self._open(transport)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzr-1.8-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/bzrlib/bzrdir.py", line 2642, in _open
    return remote.RemoteBzrDir(transport)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzr-1.8-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/bzrlib/remote.py", line 70, in __init__
    response = self._client.call('BzrDir.open', path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzr-1.8-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/bzrlib/smart/client.py", line 122, in call
    result, protocol = self.call_expecting_body(method, *args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzr-1.8-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/bzrlib/smart/client.py", line 135, in call_expecting_body
    method, args, expect_response_body=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzr-1.8-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/bzrlib/smart/client.py", line 83, in _call_and_read_response
    expect_body=expect_response_body)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzr-1.8-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/bzrlib/smart/message.py", line 258, in read_response_tuple
    self._wait_for_response_args()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzr-1.8-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/bzrlib/smart/message.py", line 224, in _wait_for_response_args
    self._read_more()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzr-1.8-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/bzrlib/smart/message.py", line 247, in _read_more
    "(and try -Dhpss if further diagnosis is required)")
bzrlib.errors.ConnectionReset: Connection closed: please check connectivity and permissions (and try -Dhpss if further diagnosis is required)