[Bug 2714] New: Allow specifying a key description when loading from stdin
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https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2714
Bug ID: 2714
Summary: Allow specifying a key description when loading from
stdin
Product: Portable OpenSSH
Version: 7.5p1
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P5
Component: ssh-add
Assignee: unassigned-bugs at mindrot.org
Reporter: sascha-openssh-bugs at silbe.org
As a work-around for #2713, we're currently loading a private key file
from stdin with ssh-add:
ssh-add - < foo/id_rsa
The key will end up as an "anonymous" entry in "ssh-add -l" output:
sascha.silbe at twin:~$ ssh-add -l
2048 d8:9f:1f:cc:f6:7b:d9:cb:ad:43:6c:c8:ea:13:09:4f Sascha Silbe
<sascha-pgp at silbe.org> (RSA)
4096 79:22:5b:b8:3c:d1:f4:b0:95:df:0a:8e:43:10:75:d3 rsa w/o comment
(RSA)
This makes it hard for humans to distinguish / recognise the keys and
is potentially confusing.
Since loading keys from stdin is likely useful in more cases than just
as a work-around for #2713, it would be good to have an option to
specify a description when adding a key.
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