[Hidden-tech] Broken public keys

[GLP]

Have already done that. And tried with and without a passphrase at all.


> On Jul 29, 2016, at 8:32 PM, R. David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 17:03:15 -0400, GLP <glp at gregperham.com> wrote:
>> The keys I generate on my Mac are unusable. I always get, "incorrect passphrase supplied to decrypt private key." This happens whether or not I generate them with a passphrase. This is the process I use:
>> 
>> ssh-keygen -t rsa -N mypassphrase -f my_id
>> Generating public/private rsa key pair.
>> Your identification has been saved in my_id.
>> Your public key has been saved in my_id.pub.
>> The key fingerprint is: etc etc
>> 
>> Then to verify:
>> 
>> ssh-keygen -y -f my_id.pub
>> Enter passphrase: mypassphrase
>> Load key "my_id.pub": incorrect passphrase supplied to decrypt private key
>> 
>> 
>> Anyone have any idea what's wrong?
> 
> Maybe the shell is interpreting some of the characters you are putting
> in the passphrase?  Try not using -N and just typing the passphrase
> at the prompt when creating the key.  That's better practice anyway.
> If you really need to put it on the command line, surround it with
> single quotes: -N 'mypassphrase'.
> 
> --David