On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 01:23:38AM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > Earlier I set up a private key with ssh -keygen and copied it to the > proper place on my isp's computer for me to use. That works fine with ssh > but breaks with scp since scp says the key is too long and doesn't grant > access to the other machine. Could the pass phrase be too long for scp? > Some things that would help us help you diagnose the problem:
* the exact command used to generate the key * an example ssh commandline that works * an example scp commandline that does not work * the *exact* errors that you see * the output of ssh and/or scp with the -v option (or maybe even -vv or -vvv, depending on whether the first is at all enlightening) Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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