Michael D. Berger wrote:
> On FC4 using openssh-4.2p1-fc4.1, I have
> generated RSA keys with ssh-keygen, copied them
> to a Win2k box, imported them into Putty, and
> successfully used them.  Now I tried to import
> the original private key on the Linux box into
> an ssh-agent with ssh-add.  I enter the passphrase
> with the mouse copy-and-paste capability and the
> passphrase is rejected as bad.  (I do the same
> thing successfully on the Win2k box.) Could it be
> that some characters should be disallowed from the
> passphrase?  Now, I allow characters:
> if(isgraph(ch) && (ch != '\'')) .  Should there be
> further restriction?  What else might be the
> problem?
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> Mike.
> --
> Michael D. Berger
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> http://www.rosemike.net/
> 
Is your cut and paste accidentally picking up a newline at the end of
the text you're copying?

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