bugzilla-daemon at bugzilla.mindrot.org
2018-Dec-19 10:16 UTC
[Bug 2946] New: ssh-keygen -e -f id_rsa only exports public key, never private keys
https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2946
Bug ID: 2946
Summary: ssh-keygen -e -f id_rsa only exports public key, never
private keys
Product: Portable OpenSSH
Version: 7.9p1
Hardware: Other
OS: Windows 7
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P5
Component: ssh-keygen
Assignee: unassigned-bugs at mindrot.org
Reporter: tschweikle at gmail.com
"ssh-keygen -e -f id_rsa" only exports public key, never private keys.
# ssh-keygen -q -t rsa -b 2048 -N "" -C comment -f id_rsa
# ssh-keygen -e -f id_rsa
---- BEGIN SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----
Comment: "2048-bit RSA, converted by root at gvm10 from OpenSSH"
AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDX+xNaEHcrJDM+e+Ro4oace/UITT3I0LKS6OJ3PO
caObuC4ltk5ohbuVCdu1BsyVMXcYu14x/eZKdylwaVWipKE2kE859ozNclHoq4BEbSRdWM
dDrBNHXZrhoHIS5AwbgPOepZLVwoe/y6F+LKbesGGMMUVL1FARGily9tg/XDX2riO8sZVj
LPNtDXfEg/TmAF119MQ4w054bpMxnqsmBNbv3vWQwrE7f8gN5eAOMCgRDUPF+EL1wFR9IW
tgnpEy1X5cOENuLCUBSi01pT8lgn/DGetnrn2UTQHXb+Bw9lZ9yI3OQTVKd7KeWa2j00lA
ZHWV1ofZ0o381Mdk4ZqQxX
---- END SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----
# ssh-keygen -e -f id_rsa.pub
---- BEGIN SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----
Comment: "2048-bit RSA, converted by root at gvm10 from OpenSSH"
AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDX+xNaEHcrJDM+e+Ro4oace/UITT3I0LKS6OJ3PO
caObuC4ltk5ohbuVCdu1BsyVMXcYu14x/eZKdylwaVWipKE2kE859ozNclHoq4BEbSRdWM
dDrBNHXZrhoHIS5AwbgPOepZLVwoe/y6F+LKbesGGMMUVL1FARGily9tg/XDX2riO8sZVj
LPNtDXfEg/TmAF119MQ4w054bpMxnqsmBNbv3vWQwrE7f8gN5eAOMCgRDUPF+EL1wFR9IW
tgnpEy1X5cOENuLCUBSi01pT8lgn/DGetnrn2UTQHXb+Bw9lZ9yI3OQTVKd7KeWa2j00lA
ZHWV1ofZ0o381Mdk4ZqQxX
---- END SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----
I'd awaited to find my private key converted in the first case, not my
public one! The man-page even states this would be the case, but it is
not.
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bugzilla-daemon at bugzilla.mindrot.org
2018-Dec-19 10:17 UTC
[Bug 2946] ssh-keygen -e -f id_rsa only exports public key, never private keys
https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2946 --- Comment #1 from Thomas Schweikle <tschweikle at gmail.com> --- Same for Debian, Fedora, FreeBSD, OpenBSD. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching the assignee of the bug.
bugzilla-daemon at bugzilla.mindrot.org
2019-Jan-22 11:13 UTC
[Bug 2946] ssh-keygen -e -f id_rsa only exports public key, never private keys
https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2946
Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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CC| |djm at mindrot.org
--- Comment #2 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> ---
The -e flag only writes public keys. I've committed a clarification to
the man page for this. What are you trying to convert to?
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bugzilla-daemon at bugzilla.mindrot.org
2019-Apr-02 23:07 UTC
[Bug 2946] ssh-keygen -e -f id_rsa only exports public key, never private keys
https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2946
Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Resolution|--- |FIXED
Status|NEW |RESOLVED
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bugzilla-daemon at mindrot.org
2021-Apr-23 04:53 UTC
[Bug 2946] ssh-keygen -e -f id_rsa only exports public key, never private keys
https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2946
Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Status|RESOLVED |CLOSED
--- Comment #3 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> ---
closing resolved bugs as of 8.6p1 release
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