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Adds a note about converting .pem file to .ppk for Windows dashboard users

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Change-Id: I7303def67ea124385183f592e1c330731e03d624
Closes-bug: 1205561
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annegentle 2013-12-19 21:18:41 -06:00
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doc/user-guide/section_dashboard_access_and_security.xml
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<title>Import a keypair</title>
<procedure>
<step>
<para>Log in to the dashboard, choose a
project, and click the <guilabel>Access &amp;
<para>Log in to the dashboard, choose a project, and
click the <guilabel>Access &amp;
Security</guilabel> category.</para>
</step>
<step>
@ -172,6 +172,16 @@
you can read and write to the file, run the
following command:</para>
<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>chmod 0600 <replaceable>MY_PRIV_KEY</replaceable>.pem</userinput></screen>
<note>
<para>If you are using the dashboard from a
Windows-based computer, use puttygen to load
the <filename>*.pem</filename> and convert and
save as <filename>*.ppk</filename>. Refer to
<link
xlink:href="http://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_puttygen"
>WinSCP information</link> for more
details.</para>
</note>
</step>
<step>
<para>To make the keypair known to SSH, run the