Re: How to establish SFTP connection to a server using a ppk file

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Re^2: How to establish SFTP connection to a server using a ppk file by punitpawar (Sexton) on Jul 20, 2012 at 15:32 UTC
HI Arnon, Thanks for the reply.So the ppk file which I am currently using to load via Pagent has the following content : `PuTTY-User-Key-File-2: ssh-rsa Encryption: none Comment: imported-openssh-key Public-Lines: 4 AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEAlZaCpbUY1cVpO3D8i74QA0PnlExO2hOpS+mh ...bl +a bla bla Private-Lines: 8 AAAAgDNJi+EK4/GFgypSn7riFB5gbKffpgGgV006KOcQnKv2d3G2mRUaT5zHkk08 ...bl +a bla bla Private-MAC: 21d2a17d1378533ce907f67ca647f217ab35c548` [download] So by just looking at the file I guess it includes the publi c and private key which it uses to connect to the SFTP server. I tried to export the OPen SSH format as you mentioned earlier via puttygen for this file and saved the file as "Identity" . But not sure if there is a need for me to load the same file twice and save it once as Private Key and then for Public key.....PLease correct me If I am wrong here...This is only because I have one file which I assume has public and private key both in it.....(coz th eppk file says "public lines ....Private lines" Also what would be the arguments that I would need to given in my hash (ssh_args) for identity files ? Do the Identity files point to the public or private key location folder ? Currently by default it generates a file known as "Known_hosts2" in my home directory... IF you could give me some guidance on this that would be great... Thanks again for your time and help !!	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: How to establish SFTP connection to a server using a ppk file by thewebsi (Scribe) on Jul 20, 2012 at 18:45 UTC
This is stepping outside the realm of Perl now, and is more of an SSH question. Typically the client only needs one file - the private key / identity - which is installed locally, and would be referred to by your Net::SFTP call (in identity_files). The public key is installed on the server-side, which I assume is already done if you connected successfully via FileZilla. The known_hosts file is something else, not really related to this. You might want to spend a few minutes reading up about SSH to learn more. Arnon Weinberg Back2Front - The Web Site People	[reply]