[Bug 1074798] Re: ssh-copy-id cannot handle spaces in usernames

[Robie Basak]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better.

Marking this as Low priority in Ubuntu since spaces in Unix usernames
are so incredibly rare that I assume that this bug only affects a tiny
proportion of Ubuntu users.

It looks like there is some quoting missing from the ssh-copy-id script,
and that bug comes all the way from upstream via Debian.

The best place to fix this bug would be in the upstream project at
http://www.openssh.com - then Debian and Ubuntu as well as non-Linux
ports would all be fixed in one go.

Do you think you could follow this up with upstream directly, please?

** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Critical

** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Critical => Low

** Tags added: needs-upstream-report

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Title:
  ssh-copy-id cannot handle spaces in usernames

Status in “openssh” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  If a username has a space in it, ssh-copy-id cannot handle it, unless
  it's in a non-obvious way. ssh itself has no problem with spaces.

  $ ssh-copy-id "User name"@server
  ssh: Could not resolve hostname User: Name or service not known
  $ ssh-copy-id "User\ name"@server
  ssh: Could not resolve hostname User\\: Name or service not known
  $ ssh-copy-id User\ name at server
  ssh: Could not resolve hostname User: Name or service not known

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: openssh-client 1:5.9p1-5ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-32.51-generic 3.2.30
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx wl
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Nov  4 02:34:02 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   ssh-askpass       N/A
   libpam-ssh        N/A
   keychain          N/A
   ssh-askpass-gnome 1:5.9p1-5ubuntu1
  SSHClientVersion: OpenSSH_5.9p1 Debian-5ubuntu1, OpenSSL 1.0.1 14 Mar 2012
  SourcePackage: openssh
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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