Open terminal, and go to your root… usually does this automatically, but type cd ~/ just in case.Ĭreate a. Once you have your new private OpenSSH key, copy it to your Mac. You can convert your key by using the ‘Export to OpenSSH’ option explained in a previous post.
The standard PuTTY generated key will not work on Linux or Mac OSX, so the key needs to be converted into a standard that will, like OpenSSH.
I wanted to use the key I generated using the PuTTYGen tool on my windows laptop, on my now repaired Mac Pro.
