WinSCP v 5.7 - keeps asking for passphrase

Hello,

I've been using WinSCP 5.52 portable for some time and I decided to jump to 5.7 portable. I copied my 5.52 .ini file and everything looks to be in order. But when I try to login to a saved session which is using a private key, it keeps asking me for passphrase. I triple-checked 5.52 vs 5.7 settings, they are identical.

Can you attach a log file from both versions?

Hi,

I attached the two logs (Debug2). From what I see:

WinSCP 5.52
. 2015-03-25 06:16:41.558 Using remembered password.

WinSCP 5.70
. 2015-03-25 06:23:45.293 Prompt (passphrase, "SSH key passphrase", <no instructions>, "Passphrase for key "[edited]": ")

But the settings for the site are identical. I even deleted it and recreated, still I receive a password prompt.

Hello,

Were you able to reproduce and identify the root cause of this issue?

Thank you.

Sorry, I've missed your previous post.
Actually the fact that stored PASSWORD was used as PASSPHRASE in 5.5.2 was a bug. It was a side effect of a bug introduced in 5.5 and fixed in 5.5.4:
https://winscp.net/tracker/1176

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. So it is actually not possible to auto login with private key and stored passphrase.

I will remain at 5.52

It does not make sense to protect a key with a passphrase and then save the passphrase along with the key.

You should use Pageant:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_pageant

Thank you for your reply.

Normally it doesn't make sense unless I want to prevent the key file from being used if it is somehow retrieved and at the same time not having to enter the passphrase each time I need to login with it.

I did not want to use pageant because it is another software I need to run specifically for storing the passphrase and I liked the simplicity of just letting WinSCP do this for me.

I will either keep using WinSCP 5.52 or use 5.7 and remove the passphrase from the private key.

Best regards!