Re: ssh-keygen empty passphrase

In article <1194609396.048209.325550@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
gerry.brennan@xxxxxxxxx writes:
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

The "here document" is useless, the command won't read anything from
standard input.

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:"

I don't know what the Sun_SSH_1.x version of ssh-keygen offers, but with
the OpenSSH version you use "-N ''" if you want an empty passphrase.

--Per Hedeland
per@xxxxxxxxxxxx
.

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