Re: SSH 2 and Putty

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Date: 10/29/02 

Date: 29 Oct 2002 18:32:33 +0000 (GMT)

Laurent Mesuré <laurent.mesure@steria.com> writes:
>Unable to use key file "path\id_rsa_openssh" (OpenSSH SSH2 private key)

You're trying to use an OpenSSH format private key with PuTTY, which
only understands its own format. You state that you generated the key
with PuTTYgen; you only need to export the _private_ key in OpenSSH
format if you plan to use it with SSH clients other than PuTTY.
<http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/faq.html#A.1.2>

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