[paramiko] attribute error

[Robey Pointer]

On 10 Dec 2006, at 20:23, mike wrote:

> hi
>
> I am connecting to a SFTP server using only public key authentication
>
> here is my code:
> ....
>  path = os.path.join("somepath", '.ssh', 'id_rsa_a')
>  try:
>         t = paramiko.Transport((svr, PORT))
>         t.connect(hostkey=None, username='', password=None,pkey=path)

This is your problem ^

You need to create a key object from the ssh key file:

     key = paramiko.RSAKey.from_private_key_file(path)

and pass that key object as the 'pkey' parameter to Transport.connect().

robey