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martin

Re: Authenticating with WSL keys (non ppk private keys)?

This request has been added to the tracker:
https://winscp.net/tracker/1797
You can vote for it there.
Onind

Re: Authenticating with WSL keys (non ppk private keys)?

martin wrote:

WinSCP can now convert keys to PPK format on its own. So it's not necessary to use PuTTYgen anymore (although PuTTYgen is part of WinSCP installation anyway).



it would be nice if winscp just could work with the "normal" keys instead of needing to convert them.
Stanzilla

This would be really nice to have
nawendt

Re: Authenticating with WSL keys (non ppk private keys)?

This would definitely be a nice feature.
martin

Re: Authenticating with WSL keys (non ppk private keys)?

Thanks for your suggestion.
Will see if more people ask for this.
benqzq

Authenticating with WSL keys (non ppk private keys)?

I use Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and SSH tunnel to my VPS with OpenSSH from WSL. I've deleted the Putty and the ppk files as I usually no longer use it in Windows due to having all features in WSL openSSH and as I aspire to have as less as files possible by means of minimalism and having a minimal desktop.

Is it possible to add support in non ppk private keys so that no Pageant is needed to authenticate in each usage of the WinSCP program?

Thanks,