How to NppFTP with SSH key?

Question

I created a profile with the next options

Connection:

• Hostname: ftp.example.com
• Connection Type: SFTP
• Port: 22
• Username: wwwexample
• Password: ******
• Ask for password: no

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Authentication:

• Try private key file authentication: yes
• Try password key authentication: no

• Try keyboard interactive authentication: no

• Private key file: D:\WORK\EXAMPLE\KEYS\wwwexample.ppk

• Passphrase: ************
• Ask every time: no

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When I try to connect, NppFTP just says connecting and then disconnected. I created the private key with Puttygen, the same key I use for Fillezilla with Pageant (which works).

Solution

Stolen from a comment by @TOOGAM

"Use PuTTYGen to convert that PPK file to the more widely-supported OpenSSH key format."

1. Open the current SSH private key in PuTTYGen
2. File menu "Conversion"
3. Convert to OpenSSH (first option)
4. Done.

Comments

[TOOGAM]

Speculative idea: Maybe use PuTTYGen to convert that PPK file to the more widely-supported OpenSSH key format?

[mikl]

You are right, I did what you said and it worked

[kbro]

annoying that it doesn't use ssh-agent or Pagent, but at least you can do it!