Ubuntu
ssh-import-id package

ssh-import-id should support writing to other files

Bug #688574 reported by Scott Moser
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ssh-import-id (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
Dustin Kirkland 

Bug Description

ssh-import-id only writes to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys.

It should support taking an argument for output, and should also support *not* trying to validate the keys.

The reason to not try to validate is that it is possible ssh may accept some keys that ssh-import-id considers invalid, leaving you in a state where ssh-import-id is not useful to you.

Related branches

lp://staging/~smoser/ubuntu/natty/openssh/lp688574
Sebastien Bacher: Needs Fixing
Clint Byrum (community): Approve
Ubuntu branches: Pending requested
Diff: 188 lines (+99/-34)
3 files modified
debian/changelog (+7/-0)
debian/ssh-import-id (+81/-34)
debian/ssh-import-id.1 (+11/-0)
lp://staging/~ssh-import-id/ssh-import-id/trunk.broke
lp://staging/ubuntu/natty/ssh-import-id
Andreas Olsson (andol)
Changed in openssh (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote :

A option for disabling key validation is fine, but in cases where ssh-import-id's validate function fails, I'd like to see those filed as specific bugs and get those fixed in the key validation.

Changed in openssh (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
assignee: nobody → Dustin Kirkland (kirkland)
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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote :

As for output, it would be great if ssh-import-id could write to stdout or a specified file.

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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote :

Moving this over to ssh-import-id.

affects: openssh (Ubuntu) → ssh-import-id (Ubuntu)
Changed in ssh-import-id (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ssh-import-id - 2.2-0ubuntu1

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ssh-import-id (2.2-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  [ Scott Moser ]
  * use getopt, send 'info' to stderr, add '--output', LP: #688574
    - support '--help'
    - add '--output' or '-o' option to write downloaded and
      verified data to a named file (supporting '-' for stdout) rather
      that writing to users .ssh/authorized_keys
    - send 'info' output to standard error rather than standard out
      This is required to deal with '--output -'
  * remove carriage returns from key strings (LP: #651698)

  [ Dustin Kirkland ]
  * ssh-import-id.1: updated to reflect smoser's changes
  * debian/install, ssh_import_id, ssh-import-id: allow for URL to be
    admin-configurable, to point to other SSH public key stores besides
    Launchpad.net
  * ssh-import-id.1: document /etc/ssh/ssh_import_id
 -- Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden> Wed, 05 Jan 2011 08:59:28 -0600

Changed in ssh-import-id (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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