ssh passphrase is asked even if no passphrase is set

[532910]

It asks for ssh passphrase when no passphrase is set. Moreover it offers to save it.

[adadnc]

same here with the app store version.

[SimplyDanny]

In the moment the keys are imported there is currently no logic or validation available to verify that:

• A key is valid.
• A public/private key is actually a public/private key.
• A private key is encrypted by a passphrase.

It just saves the keys and the passphrases independently and brings them together only later when they are required.

This could truly be improved to provide immediate feedback to the user.

[adadnc]

It simply doesn’t accept keys without password.

[532910]

It's false, it accepts ssh keys without password.

[tarak]

I'm using a key generated by ssh-keygen with 2048 bits size that doesn't have a passphrase:

$ openssl rsa -text -noout -in .ssh/id_rsa
Private-Key: (2048 bit)

The private key was generated a couple of years ago (before 2010...) in old PEM format...:

$ cat .ssh/id_rsa
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
...strange-magical-characters...
-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

I have just installed the app (Pass for iOS 0.9.0 (21)) on my iPadPro 11" 2nd gen with iOS 14 from the App Store.

I have transferred the files ssh_key (containing the SSH private key in the format shown above), gpg_key and gpg_key.pub (containing both the private and public GPG keys) from my MacBook Pro running MacOS X 10.15.6 using the Finder's sharing function. The app has successfully imported the keys.

I was asked to enter the password of my private GPG key. I did, made sense, it worked.

Then I tried to setup the GIT repo:

Git repository URL: ssh://[email protected]/user/private-repo.git Username: git

When I try to clone, a dialog opens up (in German) called "Password" asking me to enter the password (?) of my SSH key.

[tarak]

Screenshot of the SSH key setup:

Screenshot of the "Password" dialog that appears after "Clone" is clicked:

Screenshot of the error message (appears no matter what is given in in the dialog above, even if just "ok" without input is clicked):

[djmoch]

I'm seeing the same issue as @tarak. I suspect something has changed in iOS 14 that broke the way the SSH key is handled internally, but that's just a wild guess. At any rate, this renders the app unusable for me since I can't clone my repo.

Edit: To clarify, I'm currently using iOS 14.2 on an iPhone 7

Edit 2: Embarrassingly, the issue in my case was that I had the wrong SSH public key on my gut server. If anyone runs into @tarak’s issue, make sure you have the public key corresponding to your Pass private key properly installed on the server.

[dmchmk]

hi guys! Unfortunately, this one is still relevant:( Pass for iOS 0.12.0 (62) from AppStore, iPadOS 15.6.1

[benegetto]

Hi, on iPadOS 17.1.2, Pass for iOS 0.14.0 still an issue. Can't use a ssh key without passphrase. Got it working generating a new key with passphrase only for this app, but it's a workaround (well, it could be a good practice, to be honest).