having some trouble using another user's RSA/DSA keys

Markus Friedl markus.friedl at informatik.uni-erlangen.de
Tue Nov 14 07:08:44 EST 2000


i can confirm that from="blablabla" works with DSA keys in openssh-2.3.x

On Sun, Nov 12, 2000 at 09:19:47PM +0000, Jim B wrote:
> Has anyone looked into this?  Is this something that _should_ work and
> is broken?  Would appreciate a follow-up.  Thanks.
> 
> P.S. If anyone missed the beginnings of the thread I'd be happy to
> forward copies.
> 
> 
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 09:46:50PM +0000, Jim Breton wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 09:26:10AM -0600, Smith, Donald  wrote:
> > > Do you use the from="hostname" clause in your keys?
> > > I have seen this error between different versions of ssh where the public
> > > key had the from clause.
> > 
> > Hi -- I'm not familiar with this, and do not see it in my public key.
> > 
> > Would anyone be able to confirm that my scheme _does_ work with
> > OpenSSH-2.2.0p1 (i.e., make sure it's not a bug)?  It should be easy
> > enough for someone to test.  FYI I just tried the same thing against an
> > OpenSSH-1.2.3 server on another one of my boxen and achieved the same
> > result, so it doesn't appear to be an interoperability problem with the
> > commercial SSH (which is what was running on the first remote host I
> > tried).
> 
> -- 
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> but I will defend to the death your right to say it"
>     -- Voltaire
> 
> Jim B
> 





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