Package: openssh-client
Version: 1:4.3p2-3
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Problem: `ssh-add -L' outputs the error message ``The agent
has no identities.'' to standard output.
Steps to reproduce:
$ ssh-agent sh
$ ssh-add -L 2>/dev/null
The agent has no identities.
This causes problems for ssh-copy-id. In particular,
$ ssh-agent sh
$ ssh-copy-id walrus
Password:
Now try logging into the machine, with "ssh 'walrus'", and check in:
.ssh/authorized_keys
to make sure we haven't added extra keys that you weren't expecting.
$ ssh walrus
Password:
walrus:~$ cat .ssh/authorized_keys
The agent has no identities.
The fix is trivial:
--- /home/daniel/src/openssh-4.3p2/ssh-add.c~ 2005-11-22 09:37:09.000000000 +0100
+++ /home/daniel/src/openssh-4.3p2/ssh-add.c 2006-09-14 03:24:07.000000000 +0200
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
}
}
if (!had_identities) {
- printf("The agent has no identities.\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, "The agent has no identities.\n");
return -1;
}
return 0;
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-486
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages openssh-client depends on:
ii adduser 3.97 Add and remove users and groups
ii debconf [debconf-2. 1.5.4 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg 1.13.22 package maintenance system for Deb
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcomerr2 1.39-1 common error description library
ii libedit2 2.9.cvs.20050518-2.2 BSD editline and history libraries
ii libkrb53 1.4.4-1 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii libncurses5 5.5-3 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libselinux1 1.30.27-3 SELinux shared libraries
ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8b-3 SSL shared libraries
ii passwd 1:4.0.18.1-2 change and administer password and
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime
openssh-client recommends no packages.
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