[savannah-help-public] [sr #109511] editsshkeys.php: Make it more prominent that ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub should be used

[Ineiev]

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Summary: editsshkeys.php: Make it more prominent that
~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub should be used
Project: Savannah Administration
Submitted by: beloved
Submitted on: Thu 24 May 2018 07:05:22 AM UTC
Should Start On: Tue 22 May 2018 10:00:00 PM UTC
Should be Finished on: Tue 22 May 2018 10:00:00 PM UTC
Category: None
Priority: 5 - Normal
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Percent Complete: 0%
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Effort: 0.00

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Details:

https://savannah.gnu.org/my/admin/editsshkeys.php

* Change "Authorized keys:" to "Authorized ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub keys:"
* or put or (move) "~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub" under the section "Authorized keys:"

Users might add the output of `ssh-add -l` in the fields if you don't make
this more obvious.




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[Ineiev]

Update of sr #109511 (project administration):

Status: None => Need Info
Assigned to: None => ineiev

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Follow-up Comment #2:

When I think about this change, I can't miss my own case. I use gpg-agent
instead of ssh-agent, so I have no ~/.ssh/id* at all, and in fact no file I
could use to directly paste in that field. I think I use ssh-add -L; but
people may not use any agent, so ssh-add -l lists nothing for them.

Then, is it really ...rsa... and not ...ecdsa... or some other key type? I'm
lost.

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[David Hedlund]

Post by Ineiev
When I think about this change, I can't miss my own case. I use gpg-agent

instead of ssh-agent, so I have no ~/.ssh/id* at all, and in fact no file I
could use to directly paste in that field. I think I use ssh-add -L; but
people may not use any agent, so ssh-add -l lists nothing for them.

Perhaps it's better to suggest something else then. I don't know.

Post by Ineiev
Then, is it really ...rsa... and not ...ecdsa... or some other key type? I'm

lost.

You can backup your key and generate new ones to get the file names.


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[Ineiev]

Post by David Hedlund
Perhaps it's better to suggest something else then. I don't know.

"When unsure, check our documentation on SSH access
<https://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/SshAccess/>"?

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[David Hedlund]

Follow-up Comment #5, sr #109511 (project administration):

Yes, that's a good idea.

Also, please add html CODE elements to the sample key like this:

<code>ssh-rsa
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
***@localhost.localdomain</code>


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[Ineiev]

Update of sr #109511 (project administration):

Status: Need Info => Ready For Test

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Follow-up Comment #6:

I've just modified that page; not sure if it helps very much, though.

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[David Hedlund]

Follow-up Comment #7, sr #109511 (project administration):

Definitely an improvement. You could set a background color on the code
element like seen on the date command in
https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Template:IRC_text

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[Ineiev]

Update of sr #109511 (project administration):

Status: Ready For Test => Works For Me

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You could set a background color on the code element
like seen on the date command
in https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Template:IRC_text

Done.

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[David Hedlund]

Follow-up Comment #9, sr #109511 (project administration):

Thank you, it looks better.

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[David Hedlund]

Follow-up Comment #10, sr #109511 (project administration):

I would be nice to have a different background for HTML `pre` elements as
well. Like for the "----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----" block in
https://savannah.gnu.org/my/admin/change.php?item=gpgkey

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[Ineiev]

Update of sr #109511 (project administration):

Status: Works For Me => Done
Open/Closed: Open => Closed

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Follow-up Comment #11:

Done.

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[David Hedlund]

Follow-up Comment #12, sr #109511 (project administration):

Very nice formatting. Thanks.

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