Re: Puttygen saved keys and FreeBSD ssh

From: Jeff Pettorino (first_last@non.agilentDOTcom)
Date: 12/17/02 

From: "Jeff Pettorino" <first_last@non.agilentDOTcom>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 08:36:01 -0700

Ric, I know this sounds simplistic, but it happens to the best of us...are
you converting the files from MS-DOS to UX text files? I have no experience
on saving keys with PuTTY, but I know often when the web code monkeys around
here break something, a quick trip to VI reveals all sorts of nasty looking
^M characters...

Like I said, you have probably already checked this, but it wasn't mentioned
in your post.

"Ric" <ric@digital-animations.com> wrote in message
news:WDDL9.5467$Om2.802598@newsfep2-win.server.ntli.net...
> I have several private keys in text files saved from PuTTYgen on Windows
but
> when I add these to authorized_keys2 in my .ssh directory in FreeBSD they
> don't work. They work fine when I simply cut and paste from the box in
> PuTTYgen but that is in a different format - in fact it says at the top of
the
> box "Public key for pasting into OpenSSH authorized_keys2 file".
>
> The format change is obvious between the two but it seems I can't simply
> rearange the key saved to a text file into the same format as that which I
cut
> and paste direct from PuTTYgen - it looks OK but doesn't work.
>
> Does anyone know a way to convert a saved text file public key to the
format
> required for authorized_keys2 file? I realise this doesn't make too much
sense
> but if you've tried it yourself you'll know what I mean. I have people
sending
> me their saved public key files for inclusion on our mail server but I
can't
> actually use them unless there is a conversion method, and even if I ask
them
> to cut and paste rather than save I know the thickest among them will
still
> save to file, send me the file as they leave the office for a sales trip
to
> the US and then complain to upper management that they couldn't get their
> important mail whilst away.
>
> Cheers
> Ric

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