I seem to remember that the key format is different between putty and OpenSSH on Linux. A colleague of mine figured out the hoops to transform the format, but I do not remember how it was done.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael D. Berger Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 10:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Limits on passphrase for ssh-agent? On FC4 using openssh-4.2p1-fc4.1, I have generated RSA keys with ssh-keygen, copied them to a Win2k box, imported them into Putty, and successfully used them. Now I tried to import the original private key on the Linux box into an ssh-agent with ssh-add. I enter the passphrase with the mouse copy-and-paste capability and the passphrase is rejected as bad. (I do the same thing successfully on the Win2k box.) Could it be that some characters should be disallowed from the passphrase? Now, I allow characters: if(isgraph(ch) && (ch != '\'')) . Should there be further restriction? What else might be the problem? Thanks for your help. Mike. -- Michael D. Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rosemike.net/
