I am trying to login from serverA to serverB using bash .
I'm using this way
ssh -p 26522 -i /usr/mykey_dsa.pub root@serverB
After pressing return, I receive this
Enter passphrase for key '/usr/mykey_dsa.pub':
I enter the passphrase which I am sure is 100% correct but it's not accepted. Why the passphrase is not accepted ?
I can login in serverB using that key mykey_dsa.pub using any Windows SSL client (ZOC e.g.) and the passphrase is accepted , so what's wrong connecting from bash ssh ?.
The name mykey_dsa.pub suggests it contains the public half of the key pair. You're supposed to place that into the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file on the server, and use the private half of the key pair at the SSH client to authenticate.
But if you know that key file works on other clients, the *.pub file probably actually contains the private half of the key despite the misleading name. In that case, read on...
If the key file is imported from Windows, it may be using Windows-style line endings (CR+LF) while Linux and other Unix-style systems use a different style (LF only). Some versions of OpenSSH are known to react badly to Windows-style line endings in key files, and won't produce an error message that would identify the problem for you.
You could use commands dos2unix or fromdos to convert the line endings to proper style.
