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  1. Commons VFS
  2. VFS-283

SFTP can not use private keys protected by pass phrase

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    • Improvement
    • Status: Closed
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 1.0
    • 2.1
    • None

    • Java client running on Windows XP. OpenSSH server running on CentOS Linux.

    Description

      It is not possible to authenticate an SFTP connection with public key authentication if the private key is protected by a pass phrase.

      There is no code in org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.sftp.SftpClientFactory that deals with pas phrases.

      Attachments

        1. vfspassphrase.patch
          12 kB
          Antonio Sanchez
        2. vfs-283.patch
          6 kB
          Mevlut Evren Tekin

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          supercedes

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. VFS-451 Authentication fails using private key

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

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              joehni Joerg Schaible
              torbenput Torben Putkonen
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