see below... On Thursday 31 July 2003 21:38, Bret Hughes wrote: > On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 18:07, System Administrator wrote: > > Yes, this is a perfect example of why we should 'just get rid of > > windows'. But.....that is not an option right now. > > > > I am trying to setup SSH with public-key encription to a RH8 box. I am > > running OpenSSH 3.4p2. All default setup. > > > > Of course the other *UX boxes manage just fine (thanks to a VERY good > > write-up from akadia.com). > > > > The Windows (NT,2000) systems, on the other hand, can't seem to get it > > right. I have tried ssh secure shell. I found writeups on the website. > > But it Didn't work. but not diags to see why. I try putty and geta > > message saying "Key is of wrong type (PuTTY SSH2 private key)" . If I > > look at the actual entry (authorized_keys) in the .ssh folder, it list > > the entry as "public key". Again I followed the documentation to > > generate the keys. At least I think I did. > > > > Any insights will be appreciated. > > -- > > Did do the key conversion before you put the public key in the other > host? Are you sure you generated a type 2 key? Yes and Yes. I actually went throught the process several times. The last time I made sure that I documented each step. > > You really did not give us much to go on. If there is more info I can give to assist you "please" let me know. I see no security issues in providing the information. I have full scale code developement going on and they are using a makeshift document control setup until I can get this going. > > Bret
NOTE TO Richard Brewley: I will also look at secureCRT.... -- Leon Sonntag Systems Administrator -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
