How do I get WinSCP to connect to an SSH server with a private key I specify, as I don't see an option to enter a private key?

• For example, I have a private key I created with SSH in cygwin.

  ls -l
  
    -rw------- 1 user None 2602 Dec 24 17:26 id_rsa
    -rw-r--r-- 1 user None  570 Dec 24 17:28 id_rsa.pub
    -rw-r--r-- 1 user None 4562 Apr 27 08:03 known_hosts
  
  $ cat .ssh/id_rsa
  
    -----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
    b3Blb...........wcm9ib29rMQECAw==
    -----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
  

  Public key has been added to authorized_keys on the server.

How do I get WinSCP to connect to an SSH server with a private key that I specify.

I don't see the option.

• For example, I have a private key I created with SSH in cygwin. (id_rsa)

  $ ls ~/.ssh -l
  
    -rw------- 1 user None 2602 Dec 24 17:26 id_rsa
    -rw-r--r-- 1 user None  570 Dec 24 17:28 id_rsa.pub
    -rw-r--r-- 1 user None 4562 Apr 27 08:03 known_hosts
  
  $ cat .ssh/id_rsa
  
    -----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
    b3Blb...........wcm9ib29rMQECAw==
    -----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
  

  And I have already added the Public key (id_rsa.pub), to authorized_keys on the server.

In WinSCP how do I get it to try to connect to an SSH server with a private key I specify?

For example

I have a private key that I created with the SSH from cygwin.

C:\>where ssh
c:\cygwin\bin\ssh.exe

C:\>cd \cygwin

C:\cygwin>cygwin

user@hp-probook1 ~
$ where ssh
C:\cygwin\bin\ssh.exe

user@hp-probook1 ~
$ cd .ssh

user@hp-pb1 ~/.ssh
$ ls -l
total 13
-rw------- 1 user None 2602 Dec 24 17:26 id_rsa
-rw-r--r-- 1 user None  570 Dec 24 17:28 id_rsa.pub
-rw-r--r-- 1 user None 4562 Apr 27 08:03 known_hosts

user@hp-pb1 ~
$ cat .ssh/id_rsa
-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
b3Blb...........wcm9ib29rMQECAw==
-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----

user@hp-pb1 ~
$

So you see the private and public key there. (cygwin's ssh generates the public key id_rsa.pub from the private key id_rsa)

Here is WinSCP

I see no option to enter a private key in WinSCP

The public key has been added to authorized_keys on the server.

I just need the client program, in this case, WinSCP, to connect with the private key!

How do I get WinSCP to connect to an SSH server with a private key I specify, as I don't see an option to enter a private key?

• For example, I have a private key I created with SSH in cygwin.

  ls -l
  
    -rw------- 1 user None 2602 Dec 24 17:26 id_rsa
    -rw-r--r-- 1 user None  570 Dec 24 17:28 id_rsa.pub
    -rw-r--r-- 1 user None 4562 Apr 27 08:03 known_hosts
  
  $ cat .ssh/id_rsa
  
    -----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
    b3Blb...........wcm9ib29rMQECAw==
    -----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
  

  Public key has been added to authorized_keys on the server.