"password incorrect provided to decrypt the private key"

The keys that I generate on my Mac are unusable. Still, I get "incorrect password provided to decrypt the private key". In this case, whether or not I generate with a password.

This is the process I use:

ssh-keygen - t rsa-n mypassphrase f my_id

Generate the key pair public/private rsa.

Your identification has been saved in my_id.

Your public key has been saved in my_id.pub.

The fingerprint of the key is: etc etc

Then to check:

ssh-keygen - y f my_id.pub

Enter the password: mypassphrase

Loading key 'my_id.pub': incorrect password supplied to decrypt the private key

Anyone have an idea what is wrong? Thank you.

Turns out I had wrong instructions to the admin of the server I tried to connect to. He wanted me to use the .pub file when connecting via ssh. So what I tried to solve the problems. But that is never going to work, because the password is used to decrypt the private key, not the public key. So when I change my test to "ssh-keygen - y f my_id ' it works fine. Should have tried first. DOH.

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