-\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.49 2003/01/12 14:30:02 simon Exp $
+\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.50 2003/01/16 15:43:18 jacob Exp $
\C{config} Configuring PuTTY
are using public key authentication. See \k{pubkey} for information
about public key authentication in SSH.
+This key must be in PuTTY's native format (\c{*.PPK}).
+
\H{config-ssh-tunnels} The Tunnels panel
The Tunnels panel allows you to configure tunnelling of other
-\versionid $Id: pageant.but,v 1.8 2002/09/11 17:30:36 jacob Exp $
+\versionid $Id: pageant.but,v 1.9 2003/01/16 15:43:18 jacob Exp $
\C{pageant} Using Pageant for authentication
\H{pageant-start} Getting started with Pageant
-Before you run Pageant, you need to have a private key. See
-\k{pubkey} to find out how to generate and use one.
+Before you run Pageant, you need to have a private key in \c{*.PPK}
+format. See \k{pubkey} to find out how to generate and use one.
When you run Pageant, it will put an icon of a computer wearing a
hat into the System tray. It will then sit and do nothing, until you
starts up, if you provide them on the Pageant command line. Your
command line might then look like:
-\c C:\PuTTY\pageant.exe d:\main.key d:\secondary.key
+\c C:\PuTTY\pageant.exe d:\main.ppk d:\secondary.ppk
If the keys are stored encrypted, Pageant will request the
passphrases on startup.
You do this by specifying the \c{-c} option followed by the command,
like this:
-\c C:\PuTTY\pageant.exe d:\main.key -c C:\PuTTY\putty.exe
+\c C:\PuTTY\pageant.exe d:\main.ppk -c C:\PuTTY\putty.exe
\H{pageant-forward} Using agent forwarding
-\versionid $Id: pubkey.but,v 1.20 2002/12/27 16:54:14 simon Exp $
+\versionid $Id: pubkey.but,v 1.21 2003/01/16 15:43:18 jacob Exp $
\C{pubkey} Using public keys for SSH authentication
box asking you where to save the file. Select a directory, type in a
file name, and press \q{Save}.
-This file is the one you will need to tell PuTTY to use for
-authentication (see \k{config-ssh-privkey}) or tell Pageant to load
-(see \k{pageant-mainwin-addkey}).
+This file is in PuTTY's native format (\c{*.PPK}); it is the one you
+will need to tell PuTTY to use for authentication (see
+\k{config-ssh-privkey}) or tell Pageant to load (see
+\k{pageant-mainwin-addkey}).
\S{puttygen-savepub} Saving your public key to a disk file
Using the \q{Import} command from the \q{Conversions} menu, PuTTYgen
can load SSH2 private keys in OpenSSH's format and \cw{ssh.com}'s
format. Once you have loaded one of these key types, you can then
-save it back out as a PuTTY-format key so that you can use it with
-PuTTY. The passphrase will be unchanged by this process (unless you
-deliberately change it). You may want to change the key comment
-before you save the key, since OpenSSH's SSH2 key format contains no
-space for a comment and \cw{ssh.com}'s default comment format is
-long and verbose.
+save it back out as a PuTTY-format key (\c{*.PPK}) so that you can use
+it with the PuTTY suite. The passphrase will be unchanged by this
+process (unless you deliberately change it). You may want to change
+the key comment before you save the key, since OpenSSH's SSH2 key
+format contains no space for a comment and \cw{ssh.com}'s default
+comment format is long and verbose.
PuTTYgen can also export private keys in OpenSSH format and in
\cw{ssh.com} format. To do so, select one of the \q{Export} options
-\versionid $Id: using.but,v 1.10 2003/01/02 14:23:36 ben Exp $
+\versionid $Id: using.but,v 1.11 2003/01/16 15:43:18 jacob Exp $
\C{using} Using PuTTY
\S2{using-cmdline-identity} \c{-i}: specify an SSH private key
The \c{-i} option allows you to specify the name of a private key
-file which PuTTY will use to authenticate with the server. This
-option is only meaningful if you are using SSH.
+file in \c{*.PPK} format which PuTTY will use to authenticate with the
+server. This option is only meaningful if you are using SSH.
For general information on public-key authentication, see \k{pubkey}.
of.lStructSize = sizeof(of);
#endif
of.hwndOwner = main_hwnd;
- of.lpstrFilter = "PuTTY Private Key Files\0*.PPK\0AllFiles\0*\0\0\0";
+ of.lpstrFilter = "PuTTY Private Key Files (*.ppk)\0*.PPK\0"
+ "AllFiles\0*\0\0\0";
of.lpstrCustomFilter = NULL;
of.nFilterIndex = 1;
of.lpstrFile = filelist;
#endif
of.hwndOwner = hwnd;
if (ppk) {
- of.lpstrFilter = "PuTTY Private Key Files\0*.PPK\0All Files\0*\0\0\0";
+ of.lpstrFilter = "PuTTY Private Key Files (*.ppk)\0*.PPK\0"
+ "All Files\0*\0\0\0";
of.lpstrDefExt = ".ppk";
} else {
of.lpstrFilter = "All Files\0*\0\0\0";
of.lStructSize = sizeof(of);
#endif
of.hwndOwner = hwnd;
- of.lpstrFilter = "PuTTY Private Key Files\0*.PPK\0"
+ of.lpstrFilter = "PuTTY Private Key Files (*.ppk)\0*.PPK\0"
"AllFiles\0*\0\0\0";
of.lpstrCustomFilter = NULL;
of.nFilterIndex = 1;