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I have Linux mint on my pc.

I have a public/private key pair to ssh into my router without having to type the password.

It works on Windows using putty, but Mint isn't when I run it from terminal.

ssh -i privkey.ppk [email protected]
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  • The debugging output you get with -v, -vv and maybe even -vvv might be helpful. Commented Mar 13, 2016 at 11:22

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You need to convert keys generated by putty to a form that can be used by openssh.

There are several good answers explaining various ways of doing this at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2224066/how-to-convert-ssh-keypairs-generated-using-puttygenwindows-into-key-pairs-use

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  • I thought I also found some dupes here on U&L, but none of them were actual duplicates, just similar/related questions. Commented Mar 13, 2016 at 6:55

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