Bug 2068

Summary:	ssh-copy-id cannot handle spaces in usernames
Product:	Portable OpenSSH	Reporter:	Ken Sharp <imwellcushtymelike>
Component:	ssh-add	Assignee:	Assigned to nobody <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED
Severity:	trivial	CC:	djm
Priority:	P5	Keywords:	low-hanging-fruit
Version:	5.9p1
Hardware:	amd64
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/1074798
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	1980, 2076

Description Ken Sharp 2013-02-04 03:27:54 AEDT

If a username has a space in it, ssh-copy-id cannot handle it, unless it's in a non-obvious way. ssh itself has no problem with spaces.

$ ssh-copy-id "User name"@server
ssh: Could not resolve hostname User: Name or service not known
$ ssh-copy-id "User\ name"@server
ssh: Could not resolve hostname User\\: Name or service not known
$ ssh-copy-id User\ name@server
ssh: Could not resolve hostname User: Name or service not known

From https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/1074798/comments/2
"It looks like there is some quoting missing from the ssh-copy-id script"

Possibly related:
https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1164
https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1980

Apologies if this is logged against the incorrect component. ssh-copy-id seems to call ssh-add but it's more than likely a problem with the script rather than ssh-add.

Comment 1 Damien Miller 2013-03-08 10:23:22 AEDT

retarget to openssh-6.3

Comment 2 Damien Miller 2013-03-22 10:21:11 AEDT

Updated ssh-copy-id script committed for openssh-6.2

Comment 3 Damien Miller 2013-03-22 12:01:59 AEDT

mark bugs closed by openssh-6.2 release as CLOSED