ParamikoMachine private key

[Brian]

So I decided since I can't seem to get SshMacine working, I would use the ParamikoMachine in case there's an issue with using my ssh client.

rem = ParamikoMachine("stage.myserver.com", user="brian", file="/home/brian/.ssh/id_rsa")

Which generates:  paramiko.ssh_exception.PasswordRequiredException: Private key file is encrypted

Really?!!!   The SshMachine will prompt me for my keyfile password.  Obviously ParamikoMachine doesn't.  So  now what?

This is just getting silly (and annoying).   And not having anyone answer questions is only making it worse.  Any
help would be greatly appreciated it.

Thanks

b--