in reply to Re^2: Net SSH2 auth_publickey not working in Windows
in thread Net SSH2 auth_publickey not working in Windows

Hi, I don't use windows, but compare your auth_publickey to mine below. 
$ssh->auth_publickey($SSH_USER, './virt_pub', './virt_priv.ppk') or di
+e "pk connection error $!\n";

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# you need  permission to read the keys
$ssh2->auth_publickey('zentara',
                 '/home/zentara/.ssh/id_dsa.pub',
         '/home/zentara/.ssh/id_dsa',
          $pass );

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It's possible that your dot slash notation for specifying the key's path, may need a full path from root. You may not be running from the directory you think you are in.
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Re^4: Net SSH2 auth_publickey not working in Windows
by Badhedgehog (Initiate) on May 13, 2011 at 09:13 UTC
    Firstly, thanks for taking the time to reply.

    I've tried a number of variations on a theme for the path including:
    • C:\putty\virt_pub
    • C:/putty/virt_pub
    as well as the relative path in my previous post. All are giving the same 'Resource temporarily unavailable' error.

    A Wireshark capture of the conversation doesn't reveal anything suspicious looking aside from the conversation between the two boxes being a bit short ;).

    Nick
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      The default format used by PuTTY for the keys it generates is probably not supported by libssh2/Net::SSH2.

      Though, you should be able to use puttygen to convert them to OpenSSH format.

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        Again, thanks for the reply.

        I've checked that one and have uploaded the openSSH format key to the server. Following this I could use puTTY for key-based logon, so I'm assuming that I've done that side of things correctly.

        Nick
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