[X2Go-User] X2Go isn't working over ssh with my keyfile

[Michael DePaulo]

On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 4:12 AM, Stefan Baur
<newsgroups.mail2 at stefanbaur.de> wrote:
> Am 13.04.2014 10:04, schrieb Daniela Meyer:
>> What can be wrong? Why doesn't work X2Go over myssh keyfile?
>> I would be happy if anybody can help me!
>
> The PuTTY keyfile is a different file format than what X2Go (being
> originally a unix application) expects.
>
> You can either convert the keyfile into the proper format (IIRC, there
> are export options in PuTTYgen.exe), or use pageant.exe from Putty, load
> the key there, and tell x2go to use an ssh-agent (which pageant.exe is)
> instead of the keyfile.

Well said Stefan.

This is X2Go bug 290.

I added a comment to bug 290 with full instructions on converting the key file:
http://bugs.x2go.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=290\

-Mike#2