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rschirin
rschirin

Reputation: 2049

Convert ssh-dss key to .pem?

how can I convert an openssh dsa public key to .pem format?

is it possible?

I've used command 

  openssl dsa -in u015_test.pub -outform pem > u015_test.pem

but this is the output: 

  read DSA key
  unable to load Private Key
  23392:error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line:pem_lib.c:648:Expecting: ANY PRIVATE KEY
  unable to load Key

this is how my key appears:

 ssh-dss AAAAB3NzaC1kc3MAAACBAMMjZ03z7hOuGYDaPmyBvuNS+LJmhYn1bWzWP8p+1/amuRPdHj68KnRDuaf8MJB3qBZ6xsu97vUjjuRDeEyFLVjsghK9TiKBsxv2Uv+fS4o0OJzP............

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5036

Answers (1)

mata
mata

Reputation: 69012

To convert ssh keys, you should use ssh-keygen:

ssh-keygen -e -m PEM -f u015_test.pub

or if you want to use the key with openssl:

ssh-keygen -e -m PKCS8 -f u015_test.pub

To try if it works, use:

ssh-keygen -e -m PKCS8 -f u015_test.pub | openssl dsa -pubin

Upvotes: 3

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