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Old 07-31-2008
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Hi all,

I have a sshkey which I use to connect from my unix box to a linux box without any issue......

however I downloaded this same key to my laptop and tried to connect to the same linux box but it failed.....

As my laptop is running MS Vista I guessing I going have to convert it ... any ideas on how... any pointers greatly apperiacted ...

thanking you all inadvance...
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Old 08-01-2008
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Maybe you better create a new public/private key pair on your Vista box and add the public key to the authorized_keys on your Linux box. Don't forget to press enter when asked for a password/passphrase.
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