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Subject: Re: help configuring ssh pub keys  instead of passwords
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On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 13:38:39 -0500, Brent wrote

[SNIP]

> 
> i then tried to use the key from a winblows putty ssh client and i 
> get the folowing error when trying to login to the unix box
> 
> Unable to use key file "C:\id_dsa" (OpenSSH SSH2 private key)
> 
> Any help is very appreciated

You need to use puttygen to convert the key from openssh format (id_dsa) to
putty's own format (.ppk)
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