SFTP with .PPK file

[Stephen MacLean]

Hi Charles,

Thank you so much for reply!

I converted the key file as you described, however, I’m still getting the error 67 (authentication error) when running the script.

Any further help would be greatly appreciated.

Best,

Steve MacLean

> On Mar 16, 2017, at 3:08 AM, Charles Warwick via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Steve,
> 
> It looks like you are using a SSH private key in PuTTY format (.ppk).  tsNet requires it to be in OpenSSH format.
> 
> That is easy to fix though, you can convert the .ppk with PuttyGen.
> 
> To do this, open PuttyGen and load the .ppk file.  Then select "Conversions" -> "Export OpenSSH key".
> 
> Apart from that, just make sure that your call to tsNetGet includes the full path of the file you want to download.
> 
> Hope that helps,
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Charles
> 
> 
> On 16/03/2017 6:01 AM, Stephen MacLean via use-livecode wrote:
>> Well, still no luck in getting it to work, but getting closer…
>> 
>> I found a sample file linked to on livecode.com <http://livecode.com/>. Modifying it to use the key file, I have:
>> 
>> on mouseUp
>>    local tHeaders, tResult, tSettings
>>    put “xxxxxxxx" into tSettings["username"]
>>    put URL "binfile:D:\private.ppk" into tPrivKey
>>    put tPrivKey into tSettings["ssh_priv_key"]
>>    tsNetInit
>>    put tsNetGet("1", "sftp://secure.xxxxxxxx.us/", tHeaders, "transferComplete", tSettings) into tResult
>> end mouseUp
>> 
>> However, it returns:
>> 
>>  tsneterr: (67) Authentication failure
>> 
>> Again, I can access the sftp site with no problems using the WinSCP ftp client and the key file.
>> 
>> Any suggestions??
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Steve MacLean
>> 
>>> On Mar 15, 2017, at 9:38 AM, Stephen MacLean via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi All,
>>> 
>>> Looking to use tsNet to connect to a SFTP server that uses username and a private key instead of a password. The private key is contained in a file.
>>> 
>>> I use WinSCP and can link the connection to the file and can connect fine.
>>> 
>>> In LC, I’ve set the CABundle to the file, but am not sure this is how it’s supposed to work. Getting an auth error when doing tsNetGet.
>>> 
>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Steve MacLean
>>> 
>>> PS: Running 9.0 dp6 Business
>>> 
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