Comment below if you’ve any queries or feedback. Here is a recording of the above process as a reference, if you get confused somewhere. To add the key to the terminal run this code. chmod 400 /path/to/your/keyfile/key.pem Adding the key to the terminal. To fix the permission run the following command. Private keys should only be accessible to one user. This is because the permission of the output file is 0644, which is bad because it is accessible to all the users in the system, which defeats the purpose. It is required that your private key files are NOT accessible by others. key % ssh-add WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE! 0644 for '/Users/arnabmohapatra/Key/arnab_demo.pem' are too open. Now if you will try to add the key to ssh, it will show an error like this. Replace the key.ppk with the original file name and key.pem with your output file name.

Then type the following code in the terminal- puttygen key.ppk -O private-openssh -o key.pem alternatively, you can drag the folder to the terminal icon on the dock it will open in a new window. brew install putty Generate/convert the keyįirst, we need to mount the folder where keys are saved in the terminal, for that you can type cd then type the path of the folder. to do that type the following code in the terminal. Now, We need to install putty your machine. Mainly aimed for the use of programmers and network administrator, it helps establish secure connections when transferring data over the network. PuTTY is a free, highly configurable and open-source SSH client which makes it convenient to connect to a remote server and transfer files over the network. usr/bin/ruby -e '$(curl -fsSL )' Install Putty Download PuTTY for Mac and Installation Guide. To install homebrew open terminal and paste this comment and press enter. If you are booting into a fresh version of macOS there is a fair chance that homebrew isn’t installed on your Mac. It can be done easily via homebrew & putty. ppk files, so for that, we need to convert it into a.

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