openssh bugs - Oct 2017 - [Bug 2794] New: ssh-copy-id should use the same default identity file as ssh

https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2794

            Bug ID: 2794
           Summary: ssh-copy-id should use the same default identity file
                    as ssh
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: 7.6p1
          Hardware: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P5
         Component: ssh-copy-id
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at mindrot.org
          Reporter: krumelmonster at zoho.com

ssh-copy-id when invoked without -i will default to the most recently
created identity file while ssh defaults to ~/.ssh/id_dsa, ~/.ssh
id_ecdsa, ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 and ~/.ssh/id_rsa.

The expected behavior is that ssh-copy-id uses the same identity file
that ssh would use so that a successful ssh-copy-id allows pubkey
authentification without further configuration.

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Philip Hands <phil at hands.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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         Resolution|---                         |WONTFIX
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |phil at hands.com

--- Comment #1 from Philip Hands <phil at hands.com> ---
Sorry for ignoring this bug for so long.

The current behaviour is useful, since one can, for example, create a
.pub file containing the several keys you want installed, some from
other machines such that the private keys are not available, and have
them all be added despite it not being something that ssh would be able
to use becuase it does not have matching private key files.

Of course, now that ssh-copy-id attempts to login to test if keys are
already installed, one now needs to specify -f to make it work with
such a combined id file.

Since you find this unhelpful, you just need to follow the advice in
the man page:  touch the file for the key that you want installed, and
it will be chosen as the most recent.

HTH

Cheers, Phil.

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #2 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> ---
close bugs that were resolved in OpenSSH 8.5 release cycle

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