1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/key.c b/key.c
index ae355a3fc..d474f85c6 100644
--- a/key.c
+++ b/key.c
@@ -256,12 +256,14 @@ key_read(Key *ret, char **cpp)
                 blob = xmalloc(len);
                 n = uudecode(cp, blob, len);
                 if (n < 0) {
-                        error("uudecode %s failed", cp);
+                        error("key_read: uudecode %s failed", cp);
                         return 0;
                 }
                 k = dsa_key_from_blob(blob, n);
-                if (k == NULL)
-                         return 0;
+                if (k == NULL) {
+                        error("key_read: dsa_key_from_blob %s failed", cp);
+                        return 0;
+                }
                 xfree(blob);
                 if (ret->dsa != NULL)
                         DSA_free(ret->dsa);
@@ -269,10 +271,12 @@ key_read(Key *ret, char **cpp)
                 k->dsa = NULL;
                 key_free(k);
                 bits = BN_num_bits(ret->dsa->p);
-                cp = strchr(cp, '=');
-                if (cp == NULL)
-                        return 0;
-                *cpp = cp + 1;
+                /* advance cp: skip whitespace and data */
+                while (*cp == ' ' || *cp == '\t')
+                        cp++;
+                while (*cp != '\0' && *cp != ' ' && *cp != '\t')
+                        cp++;
+                *cpp = cp;
                 break;
         default:
                 fatal("key_read: bad key type: %d", ret->type);