Bug#420829: ssh-add: please check file type and test if it's actually a [private] key
Package: openssh-client
Version: 1:4.3p2-9
Severity: normal
Please test the filetype and content before warning and prompting.
Ideally you could strip off the conventional .pub if you find the public
key component.
ssh-add /tmp
Enter passphrase for /tmp:
Bad passphrase, try again for /tmp:
ssh-add .ssh/id_rsa.pub
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@ WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE! @
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