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Setting up SSH account

Hi. I’m trying to set up an SSH Auth account in order to connect to an SFTP server. I’ve been given a .ppk file that was generated by PuttyGen and I’ve verified that I can connect to the SFTP serv...
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    4 years ago

    So in my case, this error was caused because I was trying to use an Ed25519 key, which snap (apparently) doesn’t support. Once I created a new key pair in RSA format and registered the public key on the server, it worked.

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Hi. No I didn’t. I think in my case it’s because my key (as I discovered) is in Ed25519 format, i.e. it’s not an RSA key, and you apparently can’t convert between the two formats. See my follow-up question here: Does Snaplogic support Ed25519 SSH keys?
To date yours is the only reply I’ve had, so I’m still in the dark ☹️

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So in my case, this error was caused because I was trying to use an Ed25519 key, which snap (apparently) doesn’t support. Once I created a new key pair in RSA format and registered the public key on the server, it worked.