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Can't import pubkeys with passphrase properly
See original GitHub issueBug description
I can’t import a pubkey with passphrase created on my mac to connectbot properly. Pubkey with no passphrase is working normally.
Steps to reproduce
on Mac
❯ ssh-keygen -t rsa -C mbp2016 -f ~/.ssh/id_with_passphrase
enter “password” as passphrase
id_with_passphrase
-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
b3BlbnNzaC1rZXktdjEAAAAACmFlczI1Ni1jdHIAAAAGYmNyeXB0AAAAGAAAABDfgSeBuI
XCZKYbH8rUrCgIAAAAEAAAAAEAAAEXAAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDTBLWJWhnX
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RdSlhMfPBexxjtDAz06jA5YM+y+7xovM5PamwLyqHHxmaqUsVd9930B+thYUCfrGNKSxZ3
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2bN3xK1g==
-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
id_with_passphrase.pub
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDTBLWJWhnX/G8Ub5W7U5/b9TsEzya4v96R+O/3G0dPXCcJ/aprhGA/qL0sf1TNJtPkanJ6EyMNR2wiIG4xU07o72cvZoYlopx5rc7KxTwGcQgYkNcdA+mzX5dvNiwOgLU9qQ1ZoIXSi6UGqYcpgD/7OyCGifuGag+KxKI/r4LIHmk9f53jn2sXIqB4f8XECYla0j9ra8c5T0iPLMGGSXegokVJ4b0hLZX+fCLEMiNxYfSAGWIPsm+jcLeTUkjCvPknfECkP9FB27WWDYzlSaNnD9IG7d93FUF5hAERQKbhpDNdy5EJbqX2nZ44L531h470Gd7DqsIzZ+MlNVM5QTHn mbp2016
- copy id_with_passphrase to /sdcard/SSH
- Open Connectbot app, Go to Manege Pubkeys, And import the key.
- Click the imported key, and enter the password and tap ‘unlock key’
- Toast “Bad password for key 'primary:SSH/id_with_passphrase. Authentication failed” appeared and can’t open the key properly.
Screenshots
- first key is created by mac with passphrase. not working.
- second key is created by mac with no passphrase. working.
- third key is created by Connectbot with passphrase. working fine.
Android device
- Device: Galaxy S8
- OS: Android 8.0.0
- ConnectBot Version: latest 1.9.5
Mac
- OS: macOS Mojave 10.14.2
- SSH Software and Version: OpenSSH_7.9p1, LibreSSL 2.7.3
Issue Analytics
- State:
- Created 5 years ago
- Comments:12
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