Hello there, I have spent hours trying to figure out an error JUST BECAUSE the TortoisePlink.exe program did refuse to output any useful error message about the key file format being too new. I did a lot of digging and found out that you could create a log file for SSH connections using the -sshlog command line option, so I did. In the file I have seen the following message:
Event Log: Reading key file "C:\\remote_keys\osdn_key_priv.ppk" Event Log: Unable to load key (PuTTY key format too new) Please improve the TortoisePlink.exe program and it's error reporting. It has caused me a big deal of confusion that my procedures have worked fine two days ago and suddenly after downloading the latest PuTTy and TortoiseSVN they have not worked. I partially do blame the PuTTY authors for not displaying an information about new key file format usage and hiding that option so deeply to pick version 2. I do not recommend the OP's workaround, go to the following menu entry instead: Key -> Parameters for saving key files... -> PPK file version But I have learned more about generation of strong key files by digging through the PuTTY settings. Alone for that I can cool down. - Martin On Monday, 6 September 2021 at 16:01:28 UTC+2 [email protected] wrote: > Dear all, > > When using TortoiseSVN 1.14.1 (and below) and the svn+ssh:// connection > scheme, > it fails for all keyfiles created with puttygen.exe version >=0.75 due to > a change in the private keyfile format. > > The error displayed in TortoiseSVN "connection closed unexpectedly" is > misleading and not helpful. > Manually invoking TortoisePlink.exe does not show any error (it just > returns to the prompt like for "correct" keyfiles. > > Workaround: Use an older version of puttygen.exe (e.g. 0.74) to > create/convert private ssh keyfiles in order that they are accepted by > TortoiseSVN. > > On the long run, it would be nice if TortoiseSVN would support PuTTY's new > private keyfile format. > > Thanks, > Patric > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TortoiseSVN" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tortoisesvn/3bdded25-9f93-4465-9ea3-4c6ca924bb93n%40googlegroups.com.
