SSH Error: "Not a RSA1 key file ~/.ssh/id_rsa.", "key_type_from_name: unknown key type '-----BEGIN'"

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``` git push heroku master ``` returns: ``` ssh_exchange_identification: read: Connection reset by peer fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly. ``` This is the first time I've tried to push to heroku. - `heroku login` returns "Authentication successful" - ~/.ssh/id_rsa was originally created by the heroku command line client - I ran `heroku login` for the first time and it asked if I wanted to generate a key. - I recreated keys using `ssh-keygen -t rsa` (as specified here) and then tried again but in vain. - Created "authorized_keys" at "~/.ssh" and with my public key in it, no luck. - Created /etc/hosts.allow with contents "sshd all", still no luck. Permissions on the keys are : "-rw-------" Heroku status is O.K. I'm using Mac OS X 10.7. ``` ssh -vvv myloginname@heroku.com ``` returns: ``` OpenSSH_5.6p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8r 8 Feb 2011 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config debug1: Applying options for * debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0 debug1: Connecting to heroku.com [50.1…

Accepted Answer

I had the very same problem (not on heroku) but on my own server.

Try to look in /var/log/auth.log my ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file was ownd by the wrong user

SSH Error: "Not a RSA1 key file ~/.ssh/id_rsa.", "key_type_from_name: unknown key type '-----BEGIN'"

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