openssh bugs - Apr 2018 - [Bug 2850] New: Add keys from specified PKCS11Provider if specified in config and run without arguments

https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2850

            Bug ID: 2850
           Summary: Add keys from specified PKCS11Provider if specified in
                    config and run without arguments
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: 7.4p1
          Hardware: amd64
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5
         Component: ssh-add
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at mindrot.org
          Reporter: florian at uekermann.me

I have to run 'ssh-add -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opensc-pkcs11.so'
every time I want to add my key to the agent. This is quite
inconvenient.

Given that the ssh picks that key by default if I set the
PKCS11Provider option in .ssh/config, it is rather unintuitive that
ssh-add doesn't.

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Jakub Jelen <jjelen at redhat.com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Jakub Jelen <jjelen at redhat.com> ---
This sounds like related to the bug #2620.

ssh-add does not read the ssh configuration file.

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--- Comment #2 from Florian Uekermann <florian at uekermann.me>
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> This sounds like related to the bug #2620.
Related maybe. But resolving #2620 won't solve this if you just want to
add the key.
> ssh-add does not read the ssh configuration file.
Mmh, it would be nice if it did in this case. Is that an option? Or
maybe there should be some other list of pkcs11 libraries to use for
finding keys.

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

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         Resolution|---                         |WONTFIX
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED

--- Comment #3 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> ---
ssh-add can't meaningfully read the configuration file, since it may
contain conditional blocks that ssh-add has no way of evaluating. It
would be limited to global directives only and IMO that isn't
particularly useful.

I'd suggest making a shell alias or helper script if you don't want to
type the long-form command each time.

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #4 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> ---
closing resolved bugs as of 8.6p1 release

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