Re: ssh-add no longer accepts passphrase
On Tue, Aug 05, 2025 at 01:10:09PM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
> AIUI "ed25519" keys are now preferred (untested code):
>
> $ ssh-keygen -t ed25519
Which is what I now have - only ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
In my investigations I did read a note somewhere that the only error that is
given is "Bad passphrase" no matter what the error really is. This is crap
coding of the highest order (high as in 'it stinks'), it is unfortunately all
too common in a lot of s/ware - little effort made to give meaningful error
messages.
Thanks all for you help.
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