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Russell Member

I'm trying to connect to a Bluehost account via SSH. Bluehost allows me to create a Private Key id_rsa file or convert that to a PPK file (which seems to be something for PuTTY). Whichever I use the error message says "Server responded - Line 2: garbage at end of line"

The rsa file displays:

-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED
DEK-Info: xxxxx
xxxxxx
xxxxxx
-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

Does this file need to be converted somehow?

Also, I gather I need to use my cPanel account name rather than an ftp@domain.com username. And do I need to specify a port number. If so which one?

I'm not an expert in this area so just hunting around for something that works.

Edited 2 years ago #
Jim Matthews Administrator

Hi,

Could you contact me at https://fetchsoftworks.com/fetch/feedback ? I'd like to gather more information about your setup.

Thanks,

Jim Matthews
Fetch Softworks

Posted 2 years ago #
Russell Member

It turns out there was an error in the config file on the local mac. There was a space in the path to the private key location (the folder name needed an underscore between words). Perhaps the Line 2 refers to the config file rather than the private key file.

Posted 2 years ago #