.ssh/id_rsa

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2020 Jun 8 2:40

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2023 Mar 11 14:27

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change format private


umask 077
openssl pkey < id_rsa > id_rsa.pkcs8
ssh-add id_rsa.pkcs8

ssh: Error loading key "./id_rsa": invalid format

Traditionally OpenSSH used the same private key format is identical to the older PEM format used by OpenSSL. (Because it uses OpenSSL for parsing the key, it will accept the newer PKCS#8 format as well.) So the issue can be one of: Your OpenSSL version refuses to load this key format.

https://superuser.com/questions/1370877/ssh-error-loading-key-id-rsa-invalid-format

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