Re: OpenSSH ssh-keygen and non-empty passphrase

From: Matthew Poole (spam_at_stops.here)
Date: 05/26/05

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    Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 11:27:34 +1200

    On Wed, 25 May 2005 07:11:33 -0700, someone purporting to be bnies doth
    scrawl:

    *SNIP*
    > passphrase. But ssh-keygen seems only to accept a passphrase as command
    > argument and not from standard input.
    *SNIP*

    Which platform is this?

    [matthewp@alexander ~]ssh-keygen -t dsa
    Generating public/private dsa key pair.
    Enter file in which to save the key (/home/matthewp/.ssh/id_dsa):
    Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):

    That sure looks like it's taking a passphrase from stdin.
    Maybe something changed after 3.9, which is the last version I've used it
    with? 

    -- 
Matthew Poole
"Don't use force.  Get a bigger hammer."
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