Puttygen how to use?
How to use a PuttyGen private key to connect to a OpenSSH server
A quick reminder in case I ever forget:
If you need to generate a new public/private key on a Windows box your best bet is PuttyGen.
The Problem is that PuttyGen will create a SSH2 key that you can't use in your authorized_keys file as OpenSSH is using a different key format.Thankfully ssh-keygen supports converting keys from one format into another:ssh-keygen -i -f my_putty_key > ssh2_compatible_key.pubThen just upload the file to your server and append it to your authorized_keys:
