Console output needs to be platform sensitive #469

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4. scottmwyant commented on Oct 10, 2021

   

   Scott Wyant (scottmwyant)

   on Oct 10, 2021

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   Do we need to open an issue for this in the other repo, https://github.com/PowerShell/openssh-portable/issues? I'm still seeing this issue. It appears to be a little more severe in my case. Working on gathering information.

   It appears to work but doesn't actually create the key in the stated directory, or anywhere at all as far as I can tell!

   C:\Users\scott>ssh-keygen
   Generating public/private rsa key pair.
   Enter file in which to save the key (C:\Users\scott/.ssh/id_rsa): smw_gh
   Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
   Enter same passphrase again:
   Your identification has been saved in smw_gh.
   Your public key has been saved in smw_gh.pub.
   The key fingerprint is:
   SHA256:ykkwb+tM+aEluDKxkwASqgRI1hxX1JhhZvAHPGKOXzg scott@INSPIRON7347
   The key's randomart image is:
   +---[RSA 3072]----+
   |ooo..o=O=        |
   |=  o.o==..       |
   |o.  * o...       |
   |+. . E ..        |
   |=   . * S        |
   |o .  * =         |
   | . +. O o        |
   |  *  = = .       |
   |   +. + .        |
   +----[SHA256]-----+
   
   C:\Users\scott>

   Then in a new cmd window

   Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19043.1165]
   (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
   
   C:\Users\scott>cd .ssh\id_rsa
   The system cannot find the path specified.
   
   C:\Users\scott>
   
   

   So I tried to provide a path, but that resulted in an error: No such file or directory.

   C:\Users\scott>ssh-keygen
   Generating public/private rsa key pair.
   Enter file in which to save the key (C:\Users\scott/.ssh/id_rsa): C:\users\scott\.ssh\id_rsa\smw_gh
   Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
   Enter same passphrase again:
   Saving key "C:\\users\\scott\\.ssh\\id_rsa\\smw_gh" failed: No such file or directory

   Same issue on two different machines so far.
5. NoMoreFood commented on Oct 10, 2021

   

   Bryan Berns (NoMoreFood)

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   In your first example, I believe the files were saved as smw_gh since C:\Users\scott was your current directory:

   C:\Users\scott\smw_gh
   C:\Users\scott\smw_gh.pub
   

   In your second example, my guess is the directory C:\users\scott\.ssh\id_rsa does not exist. The default, C:\users\scott.ssh\id_rsa, is not a directory; it's the full path to a single file under C:\Users\scott\.ssh.

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6. scottmwyant commented on Oct 10, 2021

   

   Scott Wyant (scottmwyant)

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   Got it. They were in my user folder like you suggested. Didn't know that was a file path either. Figured it would create the directory if it didn't exist. I'm good now. Any yes, I deleted those keys and re-ran the command ;).

   Thanks!