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Asked: 2026-06-11T12:10:56+00:00

I have the newest ubuntu, java, and installations. Smartgit is installed correctly but I

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I have the newest ubuntu, java, and installations. Smartgit is installed correctly but I can’t figure out how to generate a proper OpenSSH key pair with ubuntu. I tried using the ssh-keygen -t dsa
command and It worked on assembla for my profile. Problem is smart git wont accept the private pair because it is not OpenSSH. I downloaded puttygen and I created an OpenSSH key but assembla wont accept the public version. Anyone have any advice?

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    You should only be uploading your public key to Assembla, in a standard format:

    ssh-key_format key label

    Where ssh-key_format should be either ssh-dss or ssh-rsa. The key is your public key – an alphanumeric string with some other characters. The label is a name usually derived from your user and machine and may look like user@machine There is a blank space between each of the three fields.

    Your putty output probably looks like this:

    PuTTY-User-Key-File-2: ssh-dss
    Encryption: none
    Comment: dsa-key-20120917
    Public-Lines: 10
    PUBLIC_KEY
    Private-Lines: 1
    PRIVATE_KEY
    Private-MAC: MAC_ADDRESS

    (I replaced the sensitive data with CAPITALIZATION)

    You just need to take the beginning (ssh-dss or ssh-rsa) then your PUBLIC_KEY then make ups some label to create a new public key file – use emacs or vim on your computer and save it as id_dsa.pub or id_rsa.pub and upload it to Assembla – should work just fine.

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