[SSH] Restore explicit failure for unsupported managed identity and Cloud Shell SSH cert flows#33334
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[SSH] Restore explicit failure for unsupported managed identity and Cloud Shell SSH cert flows#33334
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[WIP] Fix SSH error for Azure VM using AAD
[SSH] Restore explicit failure for unsupported managed identity and Cloud Shell SSH cert flows
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az ssh vmaz ssh certDescription
az ssh vm/az ssh certcould fall throughProfile.get_msal_token()on managed identity and Cloud Shell accounts and pass an access token to the ssh extension as if it were an OpenSSH certificate. That produced a malformed*-aadcert.pubfile and surfaced asssh-keygen ... invalid formatinstead of the intended user-facing error.Core guard restored
azure-cli-corebefore certificate acquisition.VM SSH currently doesn't support managed identity or Cloud Shell.Behavioral impact
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az ssh vm: Restore explicit error for managed identity and Cloud Shell account flows instead of generating an invalid AAD SSH certificateThis checklist is used to make sure that common guidelines for a pull request are followed.
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I tried to connect to the following addresses, but was blocked by firewall rules:
azcliprod.blob.core.windows.net/usr/bin/python python -m unittest azure.cli.core.tests.test_profile.TestProfile.test_get_msal_token(dns block)/usr/bin/python python -m unittest azure.cli.core.tests.test_profile.TestProfile.test_get_raw_token_mi_system_assigned azure.cli.core.tests.test_profile.TestProfile.test_get_raw_token_in_cloud_shell(dns block)If you need me to access, download, or install something from one of these locations, you can either: