ssh-keygen opens NULL filename

[Darren Tucker]

Martin MOKREJ© wrote:
>   it's impossible to use -f option with ssh-keygen with version 3.5p1:
> 
> $ ./ssh-keygen -t dsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key -N ""
> Generating public/private dsa key pair.
> open  failed: No such file or directory.
> Saving the key failed: .

Can you provide some more details? (eg: OS & version, compiler &
version, configure options). I just tested 3.5p1 on Linux, which worked.

$ ./ssh-keygen -t dsa -f /tmp/ssh_host_dsa_key -N ""
Generating public/private dsa key pair.
Your identification has been saved in /tmp/ssh_host_dsa_key.
Your public key has been saved in /tmp/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
8b:34:74:72:e4:ba:68:b3:69:dd:18:71:c1:4c:c5:02 dtucker at gate

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