Bug#215252: ssh-copy-id doesn't realize when it fails, e.g. due to Name or service not known

[Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>]

Package: ssh
Version: 1:3.6.1p2-9
Severity: minor

I'm used to putting a colon at the end of a host due to scp; however,
ssh-copy-id obviously doesn't like this (which I suppose is a bug in
itself; it should simply strip it off).  It did not notice, however,
that it failed and told me to try logging into the machine now.
That's kinda stupid since it obviously failed.  ssh-copy-id should
detect this and not print that message.


723:tbm@deprecation: ~] ssh-copy-id chiark.greenend.org.uk:
ssh: chiark.greenend.org.uk:: Name or service not known
Now try logging into the machine, with "ssh 'chiark.greenend.org.uk:'", and check in:

  .ssh/authorized_keys

to make sure we haven't added extra keys that you weren't expecting.

724:tbm@deprecation: ~] 






-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux deprecation 2.4.22-1-686 #6 Sat Oct 4 14:09:08 EST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US

Versions of packages ssh depends on:
ii  adduser                     3.51         Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf                     1.3.14       Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                       2.3.2-8      GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libpam-modules              0.76-14      Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam0g                    0.76-14      Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libssl0.9.7                 0.9.7c-2     SSL shared libraries
ii  libwrap0                    7.6-ipv6.1-3 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  zlib1g                      1:1.1.4-15   compression library - runtime

-- debconf information excluded


-- 
Martin Michlmayr
tbm@cyrius.com