Re: PEM_read_PrivateKey failed - many posts, but few answers.


Sure looks like it. OpenSSH doesn't understand PuTTY's key file format
so you will need to convert it (see ssh-keygen, but you will need to
convert the key to IETF format first) or better yet, just generate
a new key on the HP box (since you posted parts of the key) and put
the public key portion of the new key onto your server.



I know that I can convert IETF to OpenSSH with the following.

ssh-keygen -i -f ietf-pubkey.pub >openssh-pubkey.pub

Anyone know how I can get the Putty Key into the IETF format?

Else Im just going to create a pair of keys here on our system and try
sending the vendor the pub key.

Thanks again.
Richard
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