openssh bugs - Mar 2010 - [Bug 1740] New: Misleading error message in ssh-keygen

https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1740

           Summary: Misleading error message in ssh-keygen
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: 5.4p1
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: ssh-keygen
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at mindrot.org
        ReportedBy: jchadima at redhat.com


In the case of unaccessible $HOME the ssh-keygen writes misleading
error message

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--- Comment #1 from jchadima at redhat.com 2010-03-24 22:05:45 EST ---
Created an attachment (id=1818)
 --> (https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/attachment.cgi?id=1818)
patch solving the problem

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> 2010-04-09 11:09:41
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Is the error message that you are talking about "Could not create
directory '/home/djm/.ssh'"? That doesn't seem misleading to
me.

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jchadima at redhat.com changed:

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--- Comment #3 from jchadima at redhat.com 2010-04-09 16:44:11 EST ---
In the case when the directory exists it's misleading. One user contact
me me asking why it prints "Could not create
directory '/home/luser/.ssh'" when I have one? 

The stat() result EPERM means that user have insufficient permissions
to existing file, respectively to the directory containing the file.

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--- Comment #4 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> 2010-04-23 11:12:12
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Created an attachment (id=1842)
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keygen-report-stat-errors.diff

tweaked patch

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

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Darren Tucker <dtucker at zip.com.au> changed:

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |FIXED

--- Comment #5 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> 2010-04-23 11:49:42
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patch applied. Will be in OpenSSH-5.6p1

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #6 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> 2011-01-24 12:33:35
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Move resolved bugs to CLOSED after 5.7 release

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