[clue] Getting the OpenSSH authorized_keys entry out of PuTTTYgen?

Dan Kulinski daniel at kulinski.net
Mon May 5 08:49:46 MDT 2014


puttygen is also available as a command line tool in Linux.  You can take
the ppk file and output a public key in the OpenSSH format.


On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Chris Fedde <chris at fedde.us> wrote:

> Duh.
>
> After poking around a bit more I notice that the "conversions" menu has an
> "Export OpenSSH Key"
> option.
>
> I'll never understand windows UI design.
>
> chris
>
>
> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 8:43 AM, Chris Fedde <chris at fedde.us> wrote:
>
>> This is a bit tangential at best. But maybe someone here knows a way to
>> do this.
>>
>> PuTTTYgen will save a public key. But not in a format that is valid for
>> use in an OpenSSH authorized_keys file.
>>
>> The format I'm looking for is available as a cut-n-paste field in the top
>> of the main dialog. Is anyone aware of a tool that will save the OpenSSH
>> format in a file? or better yet, acquire it in a way accessible from a
>> batch script.
>>
>> Thanks
>> chris
>>
>
>
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