From 47567f4dac2d5bf2ce48d6a6f87a613526f65c2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laura <milanbartky@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 20:57:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] improve serverside errors

---
 server/keys.go | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/server/keys.go b/server/keys.go
index b09044a..6bba1b2 100644
--- a/server/keys.go
+++ b/server/keys.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/base64"
+	"errors"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -25,6 +26,16 @@ func LoadAuthorizedKeys() (map[string]ssh.PublicKey, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if _, err := os.Stat(path); err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return nil, errors.New("authorized_keys file is missing")
+		} else if os.IsPermission(err) {
+			return nil, errors.New("no permissions to read authorized_keys file")
+		}
+
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	keys := make(map[string]ssh.PublicKey)
 
 	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)