On Jun 14, 2010, at 11:49 AM, <kamcginnis@gmail.com> <kamcginnis@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have the private key here (on Windows XP): C:\cygwin\.ssh\known_hosts

That's not the key; it's usually something like 'id_rsa' or 'id_tsa', depending on the encryption type used. 'known_hosts' is the list of servers that you have previously connected to.

> I HAVE the public key here (on the Webfaction server): /home/webfactionlogin/.ssh/authorized_keys

> The attributes on the Linux server .ssh is 664

Typically the .ssh directory should be 700 and the .ssh/authorized_keys should be 600/

-- Ed Leafe

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