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-rw-r--r--cmd/geth/main.go3
-rw-r--r--common/bytes.go12
-rw-r--r--crypto/crypto.go6
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index 9437f8eb4..02964dadf 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@ password to file or expose in any other way.
Imports an unencrypted private key from <keyfile> and creates a new account.
Prints the address.
-The keyfile is assumed to contain an unencrypted private key in canonical EC
-raw bytes format.
+The keyfile is assumed to contain an unencrypted private key in hexadecimal format.
The account is saved in encrypted format, you are prompted for a passphrase.
diff --git a/common/bytes.go b/common/bytes.go
index 5bdacd810..ba180ac94 100644
--- a/common/bytes.go
+++ b/common/bytes.go
@@ -147,6 +147,18 @@ func Hex2Bytes(str string) []byte {
return h
}
+func HexBytes2Bytes(d []byte) []byte {
+ r := make([]byte, hex.DecodedLen(len(d)))
+ hex.Decode(r, d)
+ return r
+}
+
+func Bytes2HexBytes(d []byte) []byte {
+ r := make([]byte, hex.EncodedLen(len(d)))
+ hex.Encode(r, d)
+ return r
+}
+
func StringToByteFunc(str string, cb func(str string) []byte) (ret []byte) {
if len(str) > 1 && str[0:2] == "0x" && !strings.Contains(str, "\n") {
ret = Hex2Bytes(str[2:])
diff --git a/crypto/crypto.go b/crypto/crypto.go
index 7d1d51fa6..6e3ffbd4a 100644
--- a/crypto/crypto.go
+++ b/crypto/crypto.go
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func HexToECDSA(hexkey string) (*ecdsa.PrivateKey, error) {
// LoadECDSA loads a secp256k1 private key from the given file.
func LoadECDSA(file string) (*ecdsa.PrivateKey, error) {
- buf := make([]byte, 32)
+ buf := make([]byte, 64)
fd, err := os.Open(file)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
@@ -130,13 +130,13 @@ func LoadECDSA(file string) (*ecdsa.PrivateKey, error) {
if _, err := io.ReadFull(fd, buf); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
- return ToECDSA(buf), nil
+ return ToECDSA(common.HexBytes2Bytes(buf)), nil
}
// SaveECDSA saves a secp256k1 private key to the given file with restrictive
// permissions
func SaveECDSA(file string, key *ecdsa.PrivateKey) error {
- return ioutil.WriteFile(file, FromECDSA(key), 0600)
+ return ioutil.WriteFile(file, common.Bytes2HexBytes(FromECDSA(key)), 0600)
}
func GenerateKey() (*ecdsa.PrivateKey, error) {