# Transition to Puma2: question about step 7. (ssh agent) **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Tags:** ARCHER2\ **Created:** [4 October 2023 11:32 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/transition-to-puma2-question-about-step-7-ssh-agent/1160 "2023-10-04T11:32:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jgrist02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jgrist02](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/jgrist02)\ **Post date:** [4 October 2023 11:32 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/transition-to-puma2-question-about-step-7-ssh-agent/1160/1 "2023-10-04T11:32:31Z")
I am looking to copy ARCHER2 key from my local ([jyg@ssh.noc.soton.ac.uk](mailto:jyg@ssh.noc.soton.ac.uk)) system to puma2 (step 7.i) but am unsure what I am meant to be copying from my .ssh directory as there is quite a lot in there. I believe the correct files are there, in that I can log in to archer2 ok (with password). Could you please advise (contents of my .ssh listed below) 72 jyg@ssh\>ls -lrt total 112 -rw-------. 1 jyg msm 668 Mar 14 2012 id\_dsa -rw-r–r–. 1 jyg msm 394 Mar 14 2012 id\_rsa.pub -rw-------. 1 jyg msm 1675 Mar 14 2012 id\_rsa -rw-r–r–. 1 jyg msm 639 Mar 14 2012 identity.pub -rw-------. 1 jyg msm 975 Mar 14 2012 identity -rw-------. 1 jyg msm 602 Mar 14 2012 authorized\_keys2 -rw-r–r–. 1 jyg msm 602 Oct 3 2013 id\_dsa.pub -rw-r-----. 1 jyg msm 119 May 20 2020 config -rw-------. 1 jyg msm 1766 May 20 2020 id\_rsa\_jasmin -rw-r-----. 1 jyg msm 405 May 20 2020 id\_rsa\_jasmin.pub -rw-------. 1 jyg msm 1766 Jun 21 2022 id\_rsa\_puma -rw-r-----. 1 jyg msm 405 Jun 21 2022 id\_rsa\_puma.pub -rw-r-----. 1 jyg msm 20412 Mar 1 2023 known\_hosts\_mar1 -rw-------. 1 jyg msm 2042 Jun 28 10:26 authorized\_keys -rw-r–r–. 1 jyg mpoc 19545 Jul 24 16:33 known\_hosts.old -rw-------. 1 jyg msm 19642 Sep 26 11:53 known\_hosts ---
**Author:** ![dcase](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/dcase/32/468_2.png) [@dcase](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/dcase)\ **Post date:** [4 October 2023 12:02 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/transition-to-puma2-question-about-step-7-ssh-agent/1160/2 "2023-10-04T12:02:34Z")
You can see which key you were using for archer2 by looking on your SAFE account Alternatively you can narrow down your list by using `ssh-add -l` on your local computer to see which ones you are currently using, and transfer them all if you’d like to. ---
**Author:** ![jgrist02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jgrist02](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/jgrist02)\ **Post date:** [4 October 2023 13:36 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/transition-to-puma2-question-about-step-7-ssh-agent/1160/3 "2023-10-04T13:36:42Z")
Thanks Dave, I have tried what looks like the one on SAFE account id\_rsa.pub however, the error message is [jgrist02@puma2 ~]$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id\_rsa.pub Error loading key “/home/n02/n02/jgrist02/.ssh/id\_rsa.pub”: invalid format I note the file has == jyg@service0 at the end (unlike in SAFE), should I remove this last bit? Cheers, Jeremy ---
**Author:** ![dcase](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/dcase/32/468_2.png) [@dcase](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/dcase)\ **Post date:** [4 October 2023 13:51 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/transition-to-puma2-question-about-step-7-ssh-agent/1160/4 "2023-10-04T13:51:57Z")
Don’t add the public key, add the key (without .pub)