Hi, Judging from the log it seems that Plink was updated to version 0.75 in r29211. I would encourage you to try a nightly build from https://nightlybuilds.tortoisesvn.net/latest/. However at the moment the nightly builds seems to be broken, but please check again in a few days.
Kind regards, Daniel Sahlberg lördag 11 september 2021 kl. 15:46:02 UTC+2 skrev rplgn: > Hello there, > > I have spent hours trying to figure out an error JUST BECAUSE the > TortoisePlink.exe program did refuse to output any useful error message > about the key file format being too new. I did a lot of digging and found > out that you could create a log file for SSH connections using the -sshlog > command line option, so I did. In the file I have seen the following > message: > > Event Log: Reading key file "C:\\remote_keys\osdn_key_priv.ppk" > Event Log: Unable to load key (PuTTY key format too new) > > Please improve the TortoisePlink.exe program and it's error reporting. It > has caused me a big deal of confusion that my procedures have worked fine > two days ago and suddenly after downloading the latest PuTTy and > TortoiseSVN they have not worked. I partially do blame the PuTTY authors > for not displaying an information about new key file format usage and > hiding that option so deeply to pick version 2. I do not recommend the OP's > workaround, go to the following menu entry instead: > > Key -> Parameters for saving key files... -> PPK file version > > But I have learned more about generation of strong key files by digging > through the PuTTY settings. Alone for that I can cool down. > > - Martin > > On Monday, 6 September 2021 at 16:01:28 UTC+2 [email protected] wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> When using TortoiseSVN 1.14.1 (and below) and the svn+ssh:// connection >> scheme, >> it fails for all keyfiles created with puttygen.exe version >=0.75 due to >> a change in the private keyfile format. >> >> The error displayed in TortoiseSVN "connection closed unexpectedly" is >> misleading and not helpful. >> Manually invoking TortoisePlink.exe does not show any error (it just >> returns to the prompt like for "correct" keyfiles. >> >> Workaround: Use an older version of puttygen.exe (e.g. 0.74) to >> create/convert private ssh keyfiles in order that they are accepted by >> TortoiseSVN. >> >> On the long run, it would be nice if TortoiseSVN would support PuTTY's >> new private keyfile format. >> >> Thanks, >> Patric >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TortoiseSVN" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tortoisesvn/cef9c196-f375-4342-a8a4-9a7da5307c9dn%40googlegroups.com.
