SSH private key to Ubuntu works from command line but not using Remmina

ssh rdp public-key private-key

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Seems like you need to specify the public key as well:

https://github.com/FreeRDP/Remmina/issues/92

The "identity file" seems to specify the private key.

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jeffery_the_wind

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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jeffery_the_wind over 1 year
I have been trying to figure out why I can't get SSH working using Remmina SSH client. In an Ubuntu 12.10 environment, I can connect with my server from the command line using openssh server, like this:
```
ssh -i privatekey.pem username@hostIP
```
Everything is good using this way.

But now I want to connect a remote desktop session to the same server, but I need to connect through an SSH tunnel. Anyway i have xrdp running on the server and I will connect using RDP through an SSH tunnel, I am using Remmina Remote Desktop program to do this. But first i just wanted to use Remmina SSH to make sure that was working. And it doesn't work! Each time I try to connect I get this error:
```
SSH public key authentication failed: Public key file doesn't exist
```
The settings in Remmina for SSH are very simple:
```
host
username
indentity file (privatekey.pem)
```
Does anyone know why SSH works in the command line but fails to work through Remmina? Is it a bug in Remmina? Or am I missing something?

Thanks!
Sebastián Vansteenkiste over 3 years

where did you put that ".bashrc" file? Also: do you invoke it as Post Command? Pre Command? or Startup program?