#Filezilla ssh lakka password

In your system tray, you'll see the Pageant icon appear. Select your key and follow the prompts to enter your pass phrase. To do this, launch PuTTYgen and from the 'Conversions' menu, select the 'Import key' option. However, if your key is in OpenSSH format, you first need to convert it to PuTTY's PPK format. If your key file is already in PuTTY's PPK format you can skip this paragraph. Or contact the system administrator, and then you can log in with the private key. It will generate a private key, my-ssh-key, and a public key, my-ssh-key.pub.Īfter generating a new key, you need to add the public key to the file ~/.ssh/authorized_keys, OpenSSH: open cmd.exe or PowerShell, and type command ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048 -f my-ssh-key.PuTTY: use the GUI program PuTTYgen to generate an SSH key.

You can generate an SSH key with PuTTY or OpenSSH. To allow the use of RSA / DSA key files with FileZilla, you'll need to download two more tools from PuTTY: Pageant and (assuming your key file isn't already in PPK format) PuTTYgen.įileZilla can use an existing SSH key, but it cannot generate the SSH key itself.

(Windows only) Using the excellent PuTTY tools.

Note: Importing a site's public key is not supported.

In the Edit → Settings menu of the FileZilla client, you can under Connection → SFTP, and FileZilla can then use the public key authentication in the site manager with the 'Interactive' Logontype on connection.

#Filezilla ssh lakka password

The user is prompted for the key file's password if necessary, which may optionally be cached by FileZilla until it is next shut down. If the SFTP Protocol is specified, it is possible to specify the Logon Type as 'Key File' and specify the location of the private key file (in PuTTY's. In the profile settings in the Site Manager of the FileZilla client.There are three mechanisms for use of the FileZilla client with SSH-2 keys. SFTP using SSH-2: Key based authentication 1.2 Using the SSH key with PuTTY's SSH agent.1 SFTP using SSH-2: Key based authentication.