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Bug 551016 - please be more specific about importing SSH keys in documentation
please be more specific about importing SSH keys in documentation
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: seahorse
Classification: Applications
Component: docs
git master
Other All
: Normal minor
: 2.28.0
Assigned To: Maintainers of Gnome user documentation
Maintainers of Gnome user documentation
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-09-05 15:55 UTC by Andreas Moog
Modified: 2009-04-06 20:31 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
Patch to change string in en_GB (941 bytes, patch)
2008-09-18 02:37 UTC, Mackenzie Morgan 		none Details | Review

Description Andreas Moog 2008-09-05 15:55:07 UTC 
Documentation 
Section: Section 8
The Seahorse help says: "To import keys choose Key > Import and select, from the file chooser, a file containing at least one ASCII armored public key."

Importing SSH keys is not possible anymore and some users are getting confused. It might be worthwhile to be somewhat more explicit about what kind of keys can be imported. 

Correct version:
For example change it to:

""To import PGP keys choose Key > Import and select, from the file chooser, a file containing at least one ASCII armored public PGP key. Importing SSH keys is not possible."

Other information:
This was reported on Launchpad:
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/252288
Comment 1 Mackenzie Morgan 2008-09-18 02:37:45 UTC 
Created attachment 118918 [details] [review]
Patch to change string in en_GB

Attaching a patch for current trunk to change this in en_GB
Comment 2 Claude Paroz 2008-09-18 15:57:45 UTC 
Why didn't you patch directly the source XML file?
Comment 3 Claude Paroz 2008-09-18 16:11:51 UTC 
cc'ed to developer to ask for content correctness.
Comment 4 Stef Walter 2009-03-05 03:49:30 UTC 
I believe importing of SSH keys is possible now. If not, then that would be a bug. In addition there's plans to rework the import stuff in seahorse during 2.27.x development cycle.
Comment 5 Chaim Krause 2009-04-06 20:31:14 UTC 
Can we get a clarification on this please? I am experiencing this "bug" in 2.26.0-0ubuntu4 currently as I am trying to import a second private SSH key to connect to one of my other servers. Not all my servers use the same Private/Public key pair.