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SSH key asking me for a passphrase?
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Mar 15, 2026189793 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I have a public/private key pair. Neither of them have any sort of passphrase associated with them. Whenever I try to ssh using either the private or public(and I'm pretty sure I should only be using the public key), I get queried for a passphrase, and then of course can't connect up. Anyone have a…
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First off it's the private key that will have the pass-phrase. This validates against the public key stored on the remote server. Best guess is that your are trying to use a putty private key ( ) key format with openssh this doesn't work.... PuTTYge…
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