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Error reading ssh private key
I get an error when trying to use ssh to access a server. I get the following error:
ERROR: Public key authentication failed: Unable to extract public key from private key file: Wrong passphrase or invalid/un recognized
I copied the private and public key files from iCloud storage into a ssh sub folder in local files.
The private key isn’t password protected.
Customer support service by UserEcho
Textastic currently only supports the PEM key file format. It looks like newer versions of ssh-keygen (for example on macOS 10.14 Mojave) don't use the PEM format by default anymore but instead use their own new format.
You can use the "-m PEM" parameter when generating the key to generate the private key file in a format recognized by Textastic, for example:
I'll add support for the new format in a future update of Textastic.
The new keys that are not recognized by Textastic begin with:
Private key files in the recognized PEM format begin with:
I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
I spent most of the last day or two chasing this issue. Is there any way you could bring more attention to this requirement of the ssh-key? Maybe including the command above in the documentation on the sftp section of the manual?
https://www.textasticapp.com/v7/manual/remote_servers/sftp_ftps_ftp.html#configure-an-sftp-ssh-connection