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sFTP key authentication

I am comfortable using expect and username/password sequences.

Now, I have a system where authentication is using public/private key.

The first email I received from this site had an attachment that started and ended with:

BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY
END RSA PRIVATE KEY

I was a bit concerned about the PRIVATE part.

The people on this site have just started using sFTP.

I sent several emails. And, then was told that the original file was passphrased protected. Now, I have been sent this edited file:

PuTTY-User-Key-File-2: ssh-rsa
Encryption: none
Comment: imported-openssh-key
Public-Lines: 4


Private-Lines: 8

Private-MAC:



What do I do with this file? Sounds like a dumb question to me, BTW.


John McKee


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