diff --git a/qga/commands-posix-ssh.c b/qga/commands-posix-ssh.c
index 236f80de44..9a71b109f9 100644
--- a/qga/commands-posix-ssh.c
+++ b/qga/commands-posix-ssh.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#include <locale.h>
#include <pwd.h>
+#include "commands-ssh-core.h"
#include "qapi/error.h"
#include "qga-qapi-commands.h"
@@ -80,37 +81,6 @@ mkdir_for_user(const char *path, const struct passwd *p,
return true;
}
-static bool
-check_openssh_pub_key(const char *key, Error **errp)
-{
- /* simple sanity-check, we may want more? */
- if (!key || key[0] == '#' || strchr(key, '\n')) {
- error_setg(errp, "invalid OpenSSH public key: '%s'", key);
- return false;
- }
-
- return true;
-}
-
-static bool
-check_openssh_pub_keys(strList *keys, size_t *nkeys, Error **errp)
-{
- size_t n = 0;
- strList *k;
-
- for (k = keys; k != NULL; k = k->next) {
- if (!check_openssh_pub_key(k->value, errp)) {
- return false;
- }
- n++;
- }
-
- if (nkeys) {
- *nkeys = n;
- }
- return true;
-}
-
static bool
write_authkeys(const char *path, const GStrv keys,
const struct passwd *p, Error **errp)
@@ -139,21 +109,6 @@ write_authkeys(const char *path, const GStrv keys,
return true;
}
-static GStrv
-read_authkeys(const char *path, Error **errp)
-{
- g_autoptr(GError) err = NULL;
- g_autofree char *contents = NULL;
-
- if (!g_file_get_contents(path, &contents, NULL, &err)) {
- error_setg(errp, "failed to read '%s': %s", path, err->message);
- return NULL;
- }
-
- return g_strsplit(contents, "\n", -1);
-
-}
-
void
qmp_guest_ssh_add_authorized_keys(const char *username, strList *keys,
bool has_reset, bool reset,
diff --git a/qga/commands-ssh-core.c b/qga/commands-ssh-core.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f165c4a337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qga/commands-ssh-core.c
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include <qga-qapi-types.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "commands-ssh-core.h"
+
+GStrv read_authkeys(const char *path, Error **errp)
+{
+ g_autoptr(GError) err = NULL;
+ g_autofree char *contents = NULL;
+
+ if (!g_file_get_contents(path, &contents, NULL, &err))
+ {