pageant – Tarik Billa

Pageant does not load SSH-2 key generated with GitBash

February 15, 2023 by Tarik

The Pageant can load keys in the PuTTY format (.ppk) only. If you attempt to load a key in a different format, still recognized by PuTTY tools, you get the mentioned error message: Couldn’t load this key (OpenSSH-SSH-2 private key) You need to use the PuTTYgen to convert the key from the OpenSSH format to … Read more

How to convert SSH keypairs generated using PuTTYgen (Windows) into key-pairs used by ssh-agent and Keychain (Linux)

September 13, 2022 by Tarik

puttygen supports exporting your private key to an OpenSSH compatible format. You can then use OpenSSH tools to recreate the public key. Open PuttyGen Click Load Load your private key Go to Conversions->Export OpenSSH and export your private key Copy your private key to ~/.ssh/id_dsa (or id_rsa). Create the RFC 4716 version of the public … Read more