Bug 8266 - Unclear error message when using bad ssh public key file
Summary: Unclear error message when using bad ssh public key file
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: ThinLinc
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Client (show other bugs)
Version: trunk
Hardware: PC Unknown
: P2 Normal
Target Milestone: LowPrio
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Reported: 2023-12-07 16:40 CET by Pierre Ossman
Modified: 2023-12-12 13:16 CET (History)
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Description Pierre Ossman cendio 2023-12-07 16:40:04 CET 
If the user provides an ssh public key file that doesn't contain compatible contents, then the user gets the generic "The specified key cannot be loaded". It would be much more helpful if the user is informed that the file is incompatible with ThinLinc. Ideally, also why, if it's a common type of incompatibility (e.g. specifying the public key instead of the private).

This is a continuation of bug 7313, where a bug in OpenSSL prevented us from properly solving this issue.
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