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.
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> Michael D. Berger
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>
Is your cut and paste accidentally picking up a newline at the end of
the text you're copying?