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Bug#234574: Can't load rsa keys in ssh-agent using ssh-add undergnome-terminal and locale set to UTF-8



Le mer 25/02/2004 à 02:13, Colin Watson a écrit :
> severity 234574 wishlist
> thanks
> 
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 01:40:56AM +0100, Christian Marillat wrote:
> > reassign 234574 ssh
> > retitle ssh: doesn't work if locale is changed to utf-8
> 
> When you fix the syntax of this control command, please use a less
> misleading title. ssh itself quite clearly *does* work in UTF-8 locales
> (for instance, I'm using it like that right now); this report is talking
> about ssh-add and friends.
> 
> > Raphaël "\"SurcouF\" Bordet" <surcouf@choranche.grotte.org> writes:
> > > Le mar 24/02/2004 à 23:36, Christian Marillat a écrit :
> > >> Could you reply to my previous e-mail ? This bug is reproducible with
> > >> xterm ? Do you have french characters in your passphrase ?
> > >
> > > Yes I can:
> > > you're right: this bug is reproductible with xterm
> > > and I have french characters in my passphrase.
> > > So, this bug is not related to gnome-terminal, sorry.
> > 
> > Then does this mean that ssh need a --charset option like in gpg or it
> > is a normal feature ? I reassign this bug to the ssh package.
> 
> Hmm. A --charset option would be a useful feature, I suppose. However,
> you should be able to simulate this by setting the SSH_ASKPASS
> environment variable to point to a script that looks something like this
> (untested):
> 
>   #! /bin/sh
>   set -e
>   ssh-askpass | iconv -f UTF-8 -t ISO-8859-1
> 
> You can probably make that convert from the current LC_CTYPE with a
> little more effort, too.

That don't work...

> Of course, you can also use 'ssh-keygen -p' to change the passphrases of
> your existing keys to whatever's convenient.

I've change my passphrase under console (because of I can do this),
and again under gnome-terminal: my passphrase is converted. Thanks ;-)

-- 
Raphaël "SurcouF" Bordet
surcouf@grotte.org





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