GNU bug report logs - #2837
23.0.91; tramp: ssh passphrase vs. password

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Reported by: trentbuck <at> gmail.com

Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 00:20:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: "Trent W. Buck" <trentbuck <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: trentbuck <at> gmail.com
Cc: 2837 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rfrancoise <at> debian.org
Subject: bug#2837: 23.0.91; tramp: ssh passphrase vs. password
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:59:59 +0200

trentbuck <at> gmail.com writes:

> Just now I tried to open /ssh:dhcp98:/ and it asked me for "dhcp98's
> password".  It *should* have asked me for the passphrase for one of my
> SSH keys (id_rsa).  This either means that the prompt is misleading
> (i.e. it wants my passphrase) or worse, that it genuinely wants to use
> password-based authentication (i.e. ignoring my key).

Tramp tries to find out, whether it shall ask for the "password" or the
"passphrase". It checks ssh's prompt for this.

What does ssh asks you, if you apply "ssh dhcp98" from a shell?

Best regards, Michael.
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