Uploaded image for project: 'Qt Creator'
  1. Qt Creator
  2. QTCREATORBUG-25351

Cygwin ssh.exe fails when folder contains special characters and spaces

    XMLWordPrintable

Details

    • Bug
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Not Evaluated
    • None
    • Qt Creator 4.14.0
    • Remote Linux
    • None

    Description

      Tried the Device Test with cygwin64 ssh.exe. It seems to fail when the private key file is in a folder containing both a special character and a space.

      I tried various folder names and here is what I found:

      "A" - works
      "A A" - works
      "Ä" - works
      "Ä Ä" - does not work
      

      Here is an image of a successful case:

      The issue mostly affects users who have a special character in their name because in Windows nowadays the username often contains both first and last name of a person, so the default key path could be something like "C:\Users\Ülo Jõgi\.ssh\id_rsa".

      The issue is Cygwin specific, same path worked with the MinGW ssh.exe that comes with Git for Windows installation. So feel free to close it as out of scope if Cygwin is not supposed to be supported.

      Attachments

        1. image-2021-02-15-16-22-15-019.png
          37 kB
          Karmo Kuurberg
        2. image-2021-02-15-16-22-58-764.png
          33 kB
          Karmo Kuurberg
        No reviews matched the request. Check your Options in the drop-down menu of this sections header.

        Activity

          People

            kandeler Christian Kandeler
            karmo Karmo Kuurberg
            Votes:
            0 Vote for this issue
            Watchers:
            2 Start watching this issue

            Dates

              Created:
              Updated:

              Gerrit Reviews

                There are no open Gerrit changes