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On Thursday 18 December 2008 23:17:13 Mick wrote: |
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> > The only time I have a problem w/pub/private keys is when |
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> > I create them on a windows box and try to export it to ssh. The other |
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> > way around always works for me. |
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> The MSWindows generated keys will work, either from PuTTY or Cygwin, but |
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> you have to be careful with hard returns at the end of lines (CR/LF). Use |
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> Notepad++ to paste your key in and you should find that it works fine. |
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PuTTY comes with a utility to convert it's keys to openssh format. I insist my |
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PuTTY users do this themselves before they send me the public key to be |
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deployed on the servers. It works well for me - if they get stroppy and don't |
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do this, they don't get access <shrug> |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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