From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2004-07-21T06:54:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Now a different Net:SSH error...

Jamis Buck wrote:
> Ah, yes. This is on my TODO list. I suspect, if you were to do a cat on 
> your private key (.ssh/id_rsa), you would see (in addition to a lot of 
> base64 encoded gibberish) some "Name: Value" pairs in your key... 
> (please check, if you don't mind) If you don't, then there is something 
> else afoot. If you do, then that's the problem, and I would REALLY 
> appreciate it if you could send me the exact command you used to 
> generate that key so I can try to duplicate this problem... :)

Quite right, I have a couple of pairs at the top.

Unfortunately, I can't begin to recall how I generated that file.

> Net::SSH knows how to parse out the name/value pairs, but it doesn't 
> know what to do with them, and since I've never been able to generate a 
> key that has those name/value pairs, I can't duplicate the problem. :(
> 
> What REALLY needs to happen is I need to write some code that will query 
> the active ssh-agent (if one is running) and have the agent give me all 
> the info I need about the keys.
> 
> Like I said, it's on my TODO list. The workaround is to specify the 
> username/password in your script, or to generate a key that doesn't have 
> the name/value pairs in them.

Well... I *did* specify the username and password in the script.

As for generating a new key... I'm not sure what to use for -t:

   $ ssh-keygen
   You must specify a key type (-t).
   Usage: ssh-keygen [options]
   Options:
     -b bits     Number of bits in the key to create.
     -c          Change comment in private and public key files.
     -e          Convert OpenSSH to IETF SECSH key file.
     -f filename Filename of the key file.
     -i          Convert IETF SECSH to OpenSSH key file.
     -l          Show fingerprint of key file.
     -p          Change passphrase of private key file.
     -q          Quiet.
     -y          Read private key file and print public key.
     -t type     Specify type of key to create.
     -B          Show bubblebabble digest of key file.
     -C comment  Provide new comment.
     -N phrase   Provide new passphrase.
     -P phrase   Provide old passphrase.


> Gotta love experimental software. :)


Oh, yeah!


Hal