On Jan 26, 2008, at 5:24 PM, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
Hi,
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008, Karthik wrote:
Then make sure that you uploaded the public key correctly, and
that you
connect with the correct username. Do this by connecting via ssh
directly to repo.or.cz (if it succeeds, it will complain that it
is not
a shell, but you will know that it works).
I have given the public key when registering. I generated the keys
with puttygen. I am not sure if the comment part Generated in the
keys should be included. I tried connecting to repo.or.cz with
putty. In the ssh Auth part I asked it to use the corresponding
private key and when I supplied my username in the SSH console it
said - public key refused by the server
So you did not give ssh.exe any chance to pick up the private key.
I have no idea how easy it is (or if it is possible at all) to reuse
Putty's private keys with MSys' ssh.
Very easy:
- Set the environment variable GIT_SSH to point to plink.exe,
for example c:\Programme\PuTTY\plink.exe
- Include your login name in git urls. Otherwise plink.exe will
report strange errors.
- Use PuTTYgen to import an existing key (menu Conversions >
Import) and save it in PuTTY format (menu File > Save private
key). It is recommended that you set a pass phrase on your
key. If you do not have a key yet you can use PuTTYgen to
create a new one.
- Add Pageant to your Autostart menu and modify the Pageant
entry in the Autostart menu to automatically load your private
key on startup. To do so, add the path to your private key to
the target of the menu entry (right click on the Autostart
menu entry). For example :
C:\Programme\PuTTY\pageant.exe \
"c:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\username\.ssh\id_putty.ppk"
- Upon your next login Pageant should automatically start, ask
for your pass phrase, and display itself as a small icon in
the bottom right of the menu bar displaying a computer with a
hat. You can right click the icon to manage your keys.
Steffen
