Comments on: How To Convert Your Putty .ppk Private Key To A Normal SSH Key You Can Use On An Apple Mac http://leadingedgescripts.co.uk/server-administration/how-to-convert-your-putty-ppk-private-key-to-a-normal-ssh-key-you-can-use-on-an-apple-mac/ Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:28:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Tomtom http://leadingedgescripts.co.uk/server-administration/how-to-convert-your-putty-ppk-private-key-to-a-normal-ssh-key-you-can-use-on-an-apple-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-731 Tomtom Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:04:54 +0000 http://www.leadingedgescripts.co.uk/wp/?p=3#comment-731 Welll thanks for the post but I also encountered another problem and will share the solution to help others. I could generate my ssh2 key fine with puttygen, but then when I went to the folder: impossible to see it (I am on windows 7 by the way). As I am administrator, I ticked "show hidden files", tried to change the permission (through the puttygen save-as dialog, which was the only place where I could actually see the file), but to no avail. IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE THE BLOODY FILE! Actually I haven't found why but I have found a workaround: delete the ssh2 exported key file through the putty gen save-as dialog, then go to the recycle bin, restore the file: now it is a normal file... Hopefully this can help someone and save him an hour of frustration Welll thanks for the post but I also encountered another problem and will share the solution to help others.

I could generate my ssh2 key fine with puttygen, but then when I went to the folder: impossible to see it (I am on windows 7 by the way). As I am administrator, I ticked “show hidden files”, tried to change the permission (through the puttygen save-as dialog, which was the only place where I could actually see the file), but to no avail. IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE THE BLOODY FILE!

Actually I haven’t found why but I have found a workaround: delete the ssh2 exported key file through the putty gen save-as dialog, then go to the recycle bin, restore the file: now it is a normal file…

Hopefully this can help someone and save him an hour of frustration

]]> By: Murat http://leadingedgescripts.co.uk/server-administration/how-to-convert-your-putty-ppk-private-key-to-a-normal-ssh-key-you-can-use-on-an-apple-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-699 Murat Mon, 06 Jun 2011 08:00:10 +0000 http://www.leadingedgescripts.co.uk/wp/?p=3#comment-699 Good tip, man! +10 karma points to you! Good tip, man!

+10 karma points to you!

]]> By: andrey http://leadingedgescripts.co.uk/server-administration/how-to-convert-your-putty-ppk-private-key-to-a-normal-ssh-key-you-can-use-on-an-apple-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-672 andrey Wed, 18 May 2011 04:52:40 +0000 http://www.leadingedgescripts.co.uk/wp/?p=3#comment-672 Thank you, that helped me :-) Thank you, that helped me :-)

]]> By: Sarah Lewis http://leadingedgescripts.co.uk/server-administration/how-to-convert-your-putty-ppk-private-key-to-a-normal-ssh-key-you-can-use-on-an-apple-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-668 Sarah Lewis Wed, 11 May 2011 11:14:28 +0000 http://www.leadingedgescripts.co.uk/wp/?p=3#comment-668 Thanks so much for pulling this info together. Like a lot of the other commentors, I had a client send me a .ppk file and had no idea how to use it. Really appreciate that you didn't just solve the problem and move on! :) Thanks so much for pulling this info together. Like a lot of the other commentors, I had a client send me a .ppk file and had no idea how to use it. Really appreciate that you didn’t just solve the problem and move on! :)

]]> By: Marcus http://leadingedgescripts.co.uk/server-administration/how-to-convert-your-putty-ppk-private-key-to-a-normal-ssh-key-you-can-use-on-an-apple-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-648 Marcus Sun, 17 Apr 2011 14:19:36 +0000 http://www.leadingedgescripts.co.uk/wp/?p=3#comment-648 thank you, works wifout probs :) thank you, works wifout probs :)

]]> By: ACEB http://leadingedgescripts.co.uk/server-administration/how-to-convert-your-putty-ppk-private-key-to-a-normal-ssh-key-you-can-use-on-an-apple-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-636 ACEB Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:05:05 +0000 http://www.leadingedgescripts.co.uk/wp/?p=3#comment-636 Thank you very much ... the key convertion was very usefull but i couldn't figure out what else i was missing as the command to ssh wont isn't working ... bump to another site http://stevewardell.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/use-your-putty-ssh-key-on-linux-or-mac/ ... used that command and it worked for me ... ssh -p port -i private_key_filename username@hostname_or_ip_address Thanks to both sites and contributors! Now i don't have to open parallels just to use putty! hehe! :) Thank you very much … the key convertion was very usefull but i couldn’t figure out what else i was missing as the command to ssh wont isn’t working … bump to another site http://stevewardell.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/use-your-putty-ssh-key-on-linux-or-mac/ … used that command and it worked for me …

ssh -p port -i private_key_filename username@hostname_or_ip_address

Thanks to both sites and contributors! Now i don’t have to open parallels just to use putty! hehe! :)

]]> By: Ash Young http://leadingedgescripts.co.uk/server-administration/how-to-convert-your-putty-ppk-private-key-to-a-normal-ssh-key-you-can-use-on-an-apple-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-620 Ash Young Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:40:42 +0000 http://www.leadingedgescripts.co.uk/wp/?p=3#comment-620 This just saved us a lot of pain, thank you! This just saved us a lot of pain, thank you!

]]> By: Paweł http://leadingedgescripts.co.uk/server-administration/how-to-convert-your-putty-ppk-private-key-to-a-normal-ssh-key-you-can-use-on-an-apple-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-614 Paweł Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:15:12 +0000 http://www.leadingedgescripts.co.uk/wp/?p=3#comment-614 Great article, just that what I was looking for. Thank You :) Great article, just that what I was looking for.
Thank You :)

]]> By: Jedi http://leadingedgescripts.co.uk/server-administration/how-to-convert-your-putty-ppk-private-key-to-a-normal-ssh-key-you-can-use-on-an-apple-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-606 Jedi Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:43:05 +0000 http://www.leadingedgescripts.co.uk/wp/?p=3#comment-606 Thaks! Thaks!

]]> By: Tomelec http://leadingedgescripts.co.uk/server-administration/how-to-convert-your-putty-ppk-private-key-to-a-normal-ssh-key-you-can-use-on-an-apple-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-603 Tomelec Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:31:08 +0000 http://www.leadingedgescripts.co.uk/wp/?p=3#comment-603 Thank you, this solved my issue easily! Got only a ppk file for login on a server and needed to use openSSH as Putty running under Wine is less fun ;) Thank you, this solved my issue easily!
Got only a ppk file for login on a server and needed to use openSSH as Putty running under Wine is less fun ;)

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