Java - Authentication with public key and passphrase - j2ssh

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How do I connect to server with public key and passphrase (I have the public key and I know the passphrase. I'm using com.sshtools.j2ssh library but I can't see an option to set passphrase. The problem is, even though I have the public key, the server keep asking for passphrase.

Thanks. Ron.

A quick googleing did no homepage for this library - does this still exist? — Paŭlo Ebermann, Jul 04 '11 at 15:09

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 04 '11 at 14:40

When you instantiate the SshPrivateKeyFile you can then call toPrivateKey on that object to create a SshPrivateKey object. That toPrivateKey method takes a string that is your passphrase. If you do not have a passphrase, pass an empty string (or a null I believe works also). Here is a sample.

PublicKeyAuthenticationClient sshClient = new PublicKeyAuthenticationClient();

SshPrivateKeyFile sshPrivKeyFile = SshPrivateKeyFile.parse(new File(keyFile));
SshPrivateKey sshPrivKey = sshPrivKeyFile.toPrivateKey("passphrase");
sshClient.setKey(sshPrivKey);

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 19 '14 at 01:53

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Check the API of j2ssh for decrypt/encrypt methods. Usually those are used to send for authentication.

edited Sep 19 '14 at 01:53

answered Jul 04 '11 at 13:09

Wivani

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 04 '11 at 15:27

Are you sure, that server is properly configured? If it's set to key auth no password should be needed except keystore password. Try to connect using putty or something like that. I also recommend you to try Ganymed SSH I have used it in couple of projects and there was no problems with that even using quite advanced features such tunnels, scp, etc.

Java - Authentication with public key and passphrase - j2ssh

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