openssh unix dev - Jan 2001 - I: [PATCH] ssh-keygen

Greetings!

According to documentation, "-x" and "-X" options of
ssh-keygen designed
to work only with DSA keys. It means that key_type_name variable have to
be initialized to "dsa" if any of these options were specified.


Regards,
	Dmitry

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retrieving revision 1.35
diff -u -r1.35 ssh-keygen.c
--- ssh-keygen.c	2001/01/22 05:34:43	1.35
+++ ssh-keygen.c	2001/01/29 03:24:18
@@ -691,10 +691,12 @@
 
 		case 'x':
 			convert_to_ssh2 = 1;
+			key_type_name = "dsa";
 			break;
 
 		case 'X':
 			convert_from_ssh2 = 1;
+			key_type_name = "dsa";
 			break;
 
 		case 'y':
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On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 06:44:10AM +0300, Dmitry V. Levin
wrote:
> Greetings!
> 
> According to documentation, "-x" and "-X" options of
ssh-keygen designed
> to work only with DSA keys. It means that key_type_name variable have to
> be initialized to "dsa" if any of these options were specified.
no, they should work for ssh-2 rsa keys, too.