From: James Dinkel <jdinkel@...>
Date: 2008-04-18T01:30:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Windows, Net::SSH: how do I use a private key (w / passw

For what it's worth, here is my script with all the rubyscript2exe and 
keyfile issues resolved:
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require 'rubygems'
require 'net/ssh'
require 'rubyscript2exe'

RUBYSCRIPT2EXE.dlls = ["zlib.dll"]
RUBYSCRIPT2EXE.bin = ["rsa_key", "rsa_key.pub"]

if RUBYSCRIPT2EXE.is_compiled?
  keyfile = RUBYSCRIPT2EXE.appdir[0..-4] + 'bin/rsa_key'
else
  keyfile = 'rsa_key'
end

puts
puts "WARNING!! The password will be displayed as you type."
puts "Make sure there are no prying eyes!!"

Net::SSH.start( 'files02',
                :username=>'myusername',
                :keys=>[keyfile] ) do |session|

  system("cls")
  unless RUBYSCRIPT2EXE.is_compiling?

    session.open_channel do |channel|
      channel.on_data do |ch, data|
        puts data
      end
      channel.exec "ls -al"
    end
    session.loop

  end
end
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Just make sure zlib.dll, rsa_key (the private key), and rsa_key.pub (the 
public key) are in the same directory as the script, and it compiles 
just fine with rubyscript2exe, pulling in everything you need.

The password that is being prompted is because I have a password on my 
key file.  I'm going to try to hack this file 
net-ssh-1.1.2/lib/net/ssh/transport/ossl/key-factory.rb to make the 
password prompt a little more friendly (not showing the full file name, 
and hiding the password as it's typed).
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