[Bug 1138] Passphrase asked for (but ignored) if key file permissions too liberal.

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http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1138

           Summary: Passphrase asked for (but ignored) if key file
                    permissions too liberal.
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: 4.2p1
          Platform: PPC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P1
         Component: ssh-add
        AssignedTo: bitbucket at mindrot.org
        ReportedBy: hodgestar at gmail.com


When attempting to add a key with ssh-add, ssh-add prints a nice big error
message if the key files permissions are too liberal.  However, it then
proceeds to ask the user for a passphrase for the key.  The passphrase is
ignored and even a correct passphrase will result in "Bad passphrase, try
again".

This behaviour is damn confusing. :) Unless there is a good security reason for
keeping it, it would be nice to have ssh-add not ask for the passphrase at all
if the key is being ignored.




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