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I'm attempting to gain access to a web server using an SSH key.

I followed several steps to create my keys, had them uploaded and am still unable to connect.

In Git Bash (on Windows 8) I checked for existing keys:

ls -al ~/.ssh

When there were none, I created one with:

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[email protected]"

I saved it in the default setting which seems to have been C:/home/.ssh, and I gave it a passphrase.

I was basically following the beginning of the github guide.

This generated me an id_rsa file and an id_rsa.pub file. The first was uploaded by the server administrator, and I'm attempting to log on now.

PuTTY can't use the id_rsa key as it is ("Unable to use key file (OpenSSH-2 private key)"), so I converted it using puttygen to pvtky.ppk.

I then just see "login as:", without the key error, but can't log in with anything.

I'm not asking asking for help in conjuring up a login, just trying to understand if my process was correct, as I expect it really wasn't, and if what I'm seeing is expected at this point.

EDIT: PuTTY raw errors:

Event Log: Reading private key file "C:\home.ssh\pvtky.ppk"

Event Log: Pageant is running. Requesting keys.

Event Log: Pageant has 0 SSH-2 keys

Event Log: Configured key file not in Pageant

Event Log: Offered public key

Event Log: Server refused our key

Event Log: Disconnected: No supported authentication methods available (server sent: publickey)

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  • if you are in windows, you can skip putty and download cygwin and install the openssh package within it, and use ssh within cygwin
    – barlop
    May 19, 2015 at 23:35
  • The first was uploaded by the server administrator, and I'm attempting to log on now.: You should "upload" the second, the id_rsa.pub. And you actually do not upload it, but rather put a fingerprint of it to authorized_keys file. But I hope your administrator knows. May 20, 2015 at 5:44
  • What does PuTTY show in its Event log? (include it into your question). May 20, 2015 at 5:45
  • Using SSH packets logging I was able to pick out a few of the event log errors. I'd added them to the question. May 20, 2015 at 8:24

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It's not much direct help to your question of using ssh-keygen properly,I prefer using PuttyGen for my .PPK creation needs.

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  • I used PuttyGen for creating my PPK. But I'm not sure what the difference is between the .ppk file and the ones I created with gitbash are. Or what creating a ppk from my id_rsa.pub using puttygen file actually did. May 20, 2015 at 8:18
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there will be

pageant.exe

in putty installed folder

open it, then you can see its icon in systems tray right click on it and

add key

option

select your .ppk and add it

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