Beyond Compare Key Login Issues with Amazon Web Services

[wheller]

Hello,

I'm having issues logging into an Elastic Comput Cloud instance with Beyond Compare 3.

I've tried two keys, the one I generated and use on the command line. And one generated with BC3.

Both keys work on the command line with the EC2 instance.
Both keys work from BC3 to a physical Red Hat box.

Neither key works from BC3 to my EC2 instance.

I just get... "Connection failed (error code is -1)"

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Thanks!

[Aaron]

Hello,

Thanks for the feedback. Are you currently using the Key as setup in the FTP Profile within BC3? Does it work if you setup an instance of Pageant?
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~s.../download.html
*Please note that Pageant is not a Scooter Software product and is not supported by Scooter Software.

[wheller]

I was using it in the Authentication tab in FTP Profiles in BC3. But Pageant did the trick. (For anyone else that ends up here) I converted the private key to ppk format using Putty Key Generator, loaded it into pageant, and then connected using BC3 with no problem.

Thank you!

-Bill