RE: SFTP between Linux and Windows

Are you currently doing it this way?  I think that the fundamental problem
is that openssh and SSH use different keys.  I don't want to think that I am
the only one doing this.

Regards, Marshall

-----Original Message-----
From: Leandro Costa [mailto:lcosta@sub1.com.ar] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 12:06 PM
To: McDougall, Marshall (FSH)
Cc: secureshell@securityfocus.com
Subject: Re: SFTP between Linux and Windows


Did you added the public key to the $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys ? if you're
using a product of the putty family to connect to the ssh server, IIRC, you
need to save the private key with a putty-specific format. You can
accomplish that using 'puttygen', loading your original private key,
selecting what type of key do you want 'for example SSH 2 RSA', and then you
save it as a '.ppk'. If you want to put a passphrase to the key, then you'll
probably want to get 'pageant' to keep your keys loaded and being prompted
for the passphrase only once.

Regards,
Leandro Costa

On Wed, 25 May 2005 08:12:00 -0500
"McDougall, Marshall (FSH)" <MarMcDouga@gov.mb.ca> wrote:

> I am trying to get an unattended SFTP session between a windows box and a
> Linux box.  The windows machine is running SSH V3.2.0 build 267 and the
> Linux machine is running openssh-3.1p1-14.  I have created the public keys
> but I am still getting prompted for password.  I have accomplished this in
> the past going from Linux - Linux, but this is the first time I have tried
> it from Windows - Linux. Any insights appreciated.
>
> Regards, Marshall