Re: ssh-keygen empty passphrase

On 9 Nov, 11:56, gerry.bren...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi I have a ksh script.
with the following line for generating some keys

ssh-keygen -q -t dsa -f /.ssh/id_dsa << EOF


EOF

Also I have two machines with

ssh -V

A.........SSH Version Sun_SSH_1.0, protocol versions 1.5/2.0.

B.........Sun_SSH_1.1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090700f

When I run the script on A I do not have to press enter twice.

"Enter passphrase(empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:"

When I run the script on the second machine I have to press return
twice.

"Enter passphrase(empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:"

Obviously, from line instruction above I do not want to enter
twice ...

Why is one version suppressing this and the other not ?

Any help would be great .
G


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