<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="GtkHTML/4.6.5"> </head> <body> I do not believe that it is damaged. I have tried this out three times now (deleting the key files between each attempt). -Kenny On Mon, 2013-07-15 at 17:30 +0200, Tomas Babej wrote: <blockquote type="CITE">On Monday 15 of July 2013 15:13:49 Armstrong, Kenneth Lawrence wrote: > Good thought. I just tried it and it still fails: > > [karmstrong@linuxtest<mailto:karmstrong@linuxtest> ~]$ ipa user-mod karmstrong --sshpubkey "$(cat .ssh/id_rsa.pub)" > ipa: ERROR: invalid 'sshpubkey': invalid SSH public key > Are you sure the ssh public key file is not damaged? The following sequence of commands works for me (verified now): [root@vm-154 tbabej]# ssh-keygen Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (/root/.ssh/id_rsa): /home/tbabej/test_rsa [..] [root@vm-154 tbabej]# ipa user-mod admin --sshpubkey "$(cat test_rsa.pub)" --------------------- Modified user "admin" --------------------- User login: admin Last name: Administrator Home directory: /home/admin Login shell: /bin/bash [..] Tomas </blockquote> </body> </html>