Trying to get my Pi to ssh into Windows 11 using publickey. and getting nowhere.
ssh works fine with password
ssh publickey works fine with other linux computers and Pis
After two hours or so, and probably messing up many settings and rabbit holes I've narrowed it down to this bit.....
It attempts the publickey hostbound with id_rsa and fails (expected) but then when it tries publickey it doesn't attempt to use id_rsa but goes through all the other encryptions, which I have no keys for. I guess I could add a public key for another encryption to the Pi but I would prefer to stick with rsa than open up another rabbit hole.
What should I do next?
ssh works fine with password
ssh publickey works fine with other linux computers and Pis
After two hours or so, and probably messing up many settings and rabbit holes I've narrowed it down to this bit.....
It attempts the publickey hostbound with id_rsa and fails (expected) but then when it tries publickey it doesn't attempt to use id_rsa but goes through all the other encryptions, which I have no keys for. I guess I could add a public key for another encryption to the Pi but I would prefer to stick with rsa than open up another rabbit hole.
What should I do next?
Statistics: Posted by pidd — Sat Jan 31, 2026 11:04 pm