Message: 2 Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:58:58 +0200 From: toolserver-l.wikipedia.org@publi.purodha.net Subject: [Toolserver-l] Key poblem logging in with putty To: toolserver-l@lists.wikimedia.org Message-ID: 109213064793.20070618115858@purodha.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
I am usually using secureCRT - http://vandyke.com/ - to log in to the toolserver.
putty refuses secureCRTs key file ("this is not a key file") which is the only one I have.
Can I convert the key file, which was generated by openssh, to a format that makes putty happy? If so, how do I do that, or where to find appropriate infos?
Or should I rather generate a different key pair for putty? How would that be done, and how to implemet it, without superseeding the one already in use with secureCRT?
Thank you for your help!
Purodha
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Yes, PuTTY can import "regular" SSH keys. Run "puttygen.exe" then "Conversions" --> "Import"...
Yes, you can alternately use puttygen.exe to generate (and export) fresh keys then use SecureCRT to add them to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
Remember to save your putty settings before connecting. Remember to use SSH2. Remember to fiddle with "Window" --> "Translation" to get UTF-8.
If I recall correctly, you still can't save "default settings" but if you give the connection a name (e.g. "toolserver") before saving, they persist.
Connel
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