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[Bug 1064] Patch: list valid key types in error message
http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1064

Summary: Patch: list valid key types in error message
Product: Portable OpenSSH
Version: 4.1p1
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P2
Component: ssh-keygen
AssignedTo: bitbucket@mindrot.org
ReportedBy: ed@membled.com


This is a patch to improve the error message from ssh-keygen when you give an
unknown key type. The new message looks like

% ssh-keygen -t foo
unknown key type foo
known key types are: rsa1, rsa, dsa, ssh-rsa, ssh-dss



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[Bug 1064] Patch: list valid key types in error message [ In reply to ]
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------- Additional Comments From ed@membled.com 2005-07-31 21:41 -------
Created an attachment (id=944)
--> (http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/attachment.cgi?id=944&action=view)
Patch against openssh-4.1p1 to improve ssh-keygen -t error message




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