openssh unix dev - Sep 2000 - -i doesn't work for v2 DSA keys

I just found that trying to specify a DSA identity file with '-i'
doesn't
work.  Although the man page doesn't indicate that this is supported for
DSA keys, it also doesn't indicate very clearly that its _not_.

Indeed, in ssh.c:main(), the "-i" only increments and sets:
   options.options.num_identity_files
   options.identity_files
where it would need to modify:
   options.options.num_identity_files2
   options.identity_files2
for DSA keys.

I don't know whether "-i" is supposed to support only RSA keys,
but it
should probably support passing DSA key file names in some fashion (either
with "-i", or a different argument letter).

I'd submit a patch, but I don't know which way the developers would want
to
go.

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On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 04:40:31PM -0400, Will Day
wrote:
> I just found that trying to specify a DSA identity file with '-i'
doesn't
> work.  Although the man page doesn't indicate that this is supported
for
> DSA keys, it also doesn't indicate very clearly that its _not_.
> 
> Indeed, in ssh.c:main(), the "-i" only increments and sets:
>    options.options.num_identity_files
>    options.identity_files
> where it would need to modify:
>    options.options.num_identity_files2
>    options.identity_files2
> for DSA keys.
> 
> I don't know whether "-i" is supposed to support only RSA
keys, but it
> should probably support passing DSA key file names in some fashion (either
> with "-i", or a different argument letter).
> 
> I'd submit a patch, but I don't know which way the developers would
want to
> go.
i'd like to use -i ssh2key, if there is a simple way.