Re: sfskey gen broken

"Timur Alperovich" <[email protected]> Fri, 28 Sep 2007 22:47:50 -0400
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Here is where I put up the patch for that file:
http://fs-prisms.blogspot.com/2007/06/fixed-small-bug-and-found-another.html.
As I mentioned on the blog, I found another bug, but did not have the time
to fix it, as I switched projects.

Hope it helps,
Timur

On 9/28/07, Timur Alperovich <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Grant,
>
> I had the same issue with it and there is indeed an error in the source.
> It took me a little while to track it down, but for one of the function
> calls the arguments are swapped. I'm gonna try to find out more details for
> you as I haven't actually touched this in almost 3 months and at the time
> when I asked if anyone would care for the patch no one on the mailing list
> responded.
>
> Timur
>
> On 9/28/07, Grant Kelly <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm getting the following when trying to generate a key:
> >
> > [root@myhost]# sfskey gen -KP  /etc/sfs/sfs_host_key
> > sfskey: sfscd not running, limiting sources of entropy
> > Creating new key: sfs_host_key#1 (Rabin)
> >        Key Label: sfs_host_key
> > sfskey:
> > SK1::AAAARAAAAADnESApM9yVbwiiSzGIx3jmnzw13sKJIHxtMBs09kFwPB81ZRDkBbeQmkPx7AlygOOjsMEQit3eFmKiOuCi5IprAAAARAAAAAF7EVuEzfYb2llc2vYdc/5fjAT1ZeCCB5SCjgf0XJwywxMspDq8Iyq9Zb7f1+5qii99mm+4dddbxEgzCb:
> >
> > No such file or directory
> > sfskey: /etc/sfs/sfs_host_key: No such file or directory
> > sfskey: fatal: Not all key save operations succeeded
> >
> >
> > To me, it looks like somehow the actual key is being used instead of the
> >
> > filename. I tried to look through the code for this mistake, but
> > everything I saw seemed correct.
> >
> > I also tried just copying the output text to the sfs_host_key file, but
> > then it complained it couldn't parse the key, so obviously I got the
> > format wrong.
> >
> > This is on RedHat Enterprise 4. I'm still having problems compiling on
> > Solaris 10 as I mentioned previously.
> >
> > --
> > Grant Kelly
> > [email protected]
> > (775) 674 7164
> > Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV
> >
> >
>

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Here is where I put up the patch for that file: <a href="http://fs-prisms.blogspot.com/2007/06/fixed-small-bug-and-found-another.html">http://fs-prisms.blogspot.com/2007/06/fixed-small-bug-and-found-another.html</a>. As I mentioned on the blog, I found another bug, but did not have the time to fix it, as I switched projects.
<br><br>Hope it helps,<br>Timur<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/28/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Timur Alperovich</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Grant,<br><br>I had the same issue with it and there is indeed an error in the source. It took me a little while to track it down, but for one of the function calls the arguments are swapped. I&#39;m gonna try to find out more details for you as I haven&#39;t actually touched this in almost 3 months and at the time when I asked if anyone would care for the patch no one on the mailing list responded.
<br><span class="sg"><br>Timur</span><div><span class="e" id="q_1154f2784f978198_2"><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/28/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Grant Kelly</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br><br>I&#39;m getting the following when trying to generate a key:<br><br>[root@myhost]# sfskey gen -KP&nbsp;&nbsp;/etc/sfs/sfs_host_key<br>sfskey: sfscd not running, limiting sources of entropy<br>Creating new key: sfs_host_key#1 (Rabin)
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Key Label: sfs_host_key<br>sfskey:<br>SK1::AAAARAAAAADnESApM9yVbwiiSzGIx3jmnzw13sKJIHxtMBs09kFwPB81ZRDkBbeQmkPx7AlygOOjsMEQit3eFmKiOuCi5IprAAAARAAAAAF7EVuEzfYb2llc2vYdc/5fjAT1ZeCCB5SCjgf0XJwywxMspDq8Iyq9Zb7f1+5qii99mm+4dddbxEgzCb:
<br>No such file or directory<br>sfskey: /etc/sfs/sfs_host_key: No such file or directory<br>sfskey: fatal: Not all key save operations succeeded<br><br><br>To me, it looks like somehow the actual key is being used instead of the
<br>filename. I tried to look through the code for this mistake, but<br>everything I saw seemed correct.<br><br>I also tried just copying the output text to the sfs_host_key file, but<br>then it complained it couldn&#39;t parse the key, so obviously I got the
<br>format wrong.<br><br>This is on RedHat Enterprise 4. I&#39;m still having problems compiling on<br>Solaris 10 as I mentioned previously.<br><br>--<br>Grant Kelly<br><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
[email protected]
</a><br>(775) 674 7164<br>Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV<br><br></blockquote></div><br>
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