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From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon AT freemail DOT ru>
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Greetings, Andrew DeFaria!

> You mention "converting keys from OpenSSH to PuTTY, or the other way
> around". What is this conversion process that you speak of? How do you 
> convert a PuTTY key to an OpenSSH key? Because so far nobody's mentioned 
> where in this process I need to convert between the two.

The PuTTY help file, chapter 8.2.12 Dealing with private keys in other formats.

>> Check Windows event log. Though, it's obvious.
>> Also keep an eye on nearby discussion regarding SSHD issues. It may be your
>> case too.
> I will check when I get back into work (don't run Windows nor PuTTY at 
> home to check things) but I thought Cygwin's sshd logs to 
> /var/log/sshd.log. Otherwise why would I have a file there at all?

I think it depends on service settings.
But I prefer system event log, I have many ways to monitor it.


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Andrey Repin (anrdaemon AT freemail DOT ru) 22.01.2012, <22:34>

Sorry for my terrible english...


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