[vpsFree.cz: community-list] Is it possible to add a pub key in ed25519 form?

Josef Vybíhal josef.vybihal at gmail.com
Wed Mar 30 16:21:18 CEST 2022


Hello,

On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 3:45 PM Niklaus Giger <ngiger at librem.one> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> My main ssh key  uses ed25519. As a newcomer I tried to add it via the
> vpsAdmin menu Members "Add public key", but only got the error
>
> > Failed to save public key
> >

I have my ed25519 added for a long time, it works. vpsadmin has no
problem with that. https://imgur.com/c0ytEnk.png

Maybe try to add it without comment? comment is in the third column,
columns divided by whitespace.

> > Error message: create failed
> >
> >    key: invalid public key
>
> Adding an ssh-rsa key worked fine.
>
> Or are there good reasons to forbit ed25519 keys?

I dont think so, I would encourage everyone to use them :)

P.


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