On 2012-05-16 13:33, Stefan Baur wrote:

would it be possible to integrate support (1) for PuTTY-style ssh private key files (*.ppk) into the X2Go client, or (2)

Adding a feature to allow importing ppk by calling PuTTYgen might be reasonable.

to run a ssh-agent (maybe from cygwin, or copied from PuTTY's "pageant.exe") *within* the X2Go client, so other applications can authenticate with the same key?

IMO this is not a good idea. It adds functionality that is out of scope and adds additional cmplexity.

[..] or run pageant.exe, PuTTY's ssh agent.

This is probably the best solution as it provides a clean separation of concerns.

Cheers
Morty

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