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Date:	Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:52:48 -0400
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On 09/24/2009 03:47 PM, Dave M wrote:
> Larry,
> Um, OK. I just don't know what questions to ask. I am not sure how it is
> "supposed" to work (sftp), so I am not sure if I am doing it right and it
> is not working or I am entering the incorrect info. Which key needs to be
> on the remote machine, the pub or private key?

As you might expect, the private key is private so that remains on the local 
machine.
This is a basic tenant of public key authentication.  You only want the 
public information
known to non-local machines.

FWIW, the information you listed in your previous message as input to whatever
program you're using looked like a good guess to me.

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