Bug 2470 - ssh-keygen reports wrong minimal passphrase length
Summary: ssh-keygen reports wrong minimal passphrase length
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Portable OpenSSH
Classification: Unclassified
Component: ssh-keygen (show other bugs)
Version: 7.1p1
Hardware: All All
: P5 trivial
Assignee: Assigned to nobody
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Blocks: V_7_2
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Reported: 2015-09-19 13:32 AEST by Daniel Reichelt
Modified: 2016-08-02 10:42 AEST (History)
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Description Daniel Reichelt 2015-09-19 13:32:15 AEST 
When creating a keypair with a passphrase of length 4, ssh-keygen errors out with "passphrase is too short (minimum four characters)".

So either the condition in sshkey.c or the error message needs adjusting.

Thanks
Daniel
Comment 1 Damien Miller 2015-09-21 14:34:29 AEST 
Already fixed in -current and will be in openssh-7.2. Thanks
Comment 2 Damien Miller 2016-08-02 10:42:24 AEST 
Close all resolved bugs after 7.3p1 release