I cannot clone or push to a repository on my server.
I have a bare repo that is located is a directory user#host in directory home/user/test.git that I am trying to access via git clone. I used ssh-add <pathtokey> to add my ssh key. It asked me for the passphrase. I can then ssh user#host successfully.
However if I then try to git clone ssh://user#host/~/test.git I get:
Cloning into 'test'...
user#host: Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
also tried
git clone ssh://user#host/home/user/test.git
git clone user#host:home/user/test.git
git clone user#host:/home/user/test.git
with the same result
I am guessing the git credential manager isn't picking up the keys?
On the server /var/auth/log says
Feb 20 02:25:36 xxxxx sshd[24674]: Connection closed by authenticating user XXXX x.x.x.x port 56433 [preauth]
Git version: git version 2.30.1.windows.1
Git Credential Manager: Git Credential Manager version 2.0.318-beta+44acfafa98 (Windows, .NET Framework 4.0.30319.42000)
git config -l reports credential.helper=manager-core
Tried both PowerShell and git bash shells, same result
user has read, execute permissions to the repo
To add to #VonC's response
In git-bash things work as normal.
The normal flow of starting the ssh-agent (via eval 'ssh-agent'
), adding the key via ssh-add <path_to_key> enables git clone to work.
In PowerShell Core, or Cmd, via Windows-Terminal more work is required
the ssh-agent starts automatically (assuming you previously started the OpenSSH Authentication Agent service), adding the key works, and you can ssh after this, but git commands do NOT work, initially, but if you do
git config --global core.sshCommand C:/Windows/System32/OpenSSH/ssh.exe
This will replace the (default) ssh that comes with git-for-windows with the Windows10 implementation.
After this it should work fine in things other than git-bash. Confirmed in Powershell-Core, Command Prompt
See also:
https://gist.github.com/danieldogeanu/16c61e9b80345c5837b9e5045a701c99
The git credential manager is only involved for caching credentials (username/password) for HTTPS URL, not SSH.
Only the ssh-agent could be involved, for caching a possible passphrase, if the private key was defined with it.
I would try first using the full path, since ~ might not be interpreted by the remote shell, but the local (which has a different path for ~):
git clone ssh://user#host/home/user/test.git
# or
git clone user#host:/home/user/test.git
If not, in a git bash session, type:
export GIT_SSH_COMMAND='ssh -v'
git clone ...
The OP confirms in the discussion it works in a bash session:
In git bash, I started the ssh-agent,
added the key there, then it worked.
Related
I'm on a Windows 10 machine and I have both Git Bash and Ubuntu for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) installed. When I use GitHub's official desktop app to clone a repo via HTTPS everything works fine and I can push my commits via Visual Studio Code with no problems whatsoever. I then try to clone a repo via SSH with Hyper (WSL Bash) and get this:
The authenticity of host 'domain.com (a.b.c.d)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is XX:XX:...:XX.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?
After answering yes and openning that repo in VS Code and try to push my new changes to GitHub, I get this error:
Git: Host key verification failed.
And this is what I get as Git Log in Output:
Host key verification failed.
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
I have set up my SSH key on WSL using this method and I didn't set up any passphrase. I tried this on my brother's PC which is exactly set up like mine and it worked just fine. I would appreciate any help!
UPDATE: I typed ssh -T git#github.com in Hyper and got this as an answer: You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.
P.S. I'm a newbie in programming and stackoverflow, so please be concise and give me step by step instructions. The more you use technical terms, the more I'll probably get lost!
Try first, for that new push, to do it in command line:
cd c:\path\to\local\repo
git status
git log
git remote -v
git push -u origin master
Make sure that:
git status is clean (no pending changes)
git log shows you at least one commit
git remote -v shows you as origin the URL of your remote GitHub repository
(as an SSH URL git#github.com:<you>/<yourRepo>)
Then push, and go back to VSCode.
Should be faster than the other solution:
In vscode open a new terminal of type "Command Prompt"
Run: git push and accept the new key when prompted.
This will store the remote key for future use.
Due to my customer's privacy requirement, I've got create multiple account to access different git. With some helps, I've created the file config and multiple ssh keys in dir ~/.ssh. Using terminal, I've been able to perform all kind of action to the git. However, if I use XCode to perform those action, it stated that failed to authenticate.
This is the content of ~/.ssh/config:
Host bitbucket.org
HostName bitbucket.org
User git
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Host bitbucket-myAccount2
HostName bitbucket.org
User git
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/acc2ssh
Inside ~/.ssh/, I've already had id_rsa, id_rsa.pub, acc2ssh, acc2ssh.pub. id_rsa is my usual git account, and acc2ssh is the other private account.
If I use terminal, it's alright, but it ask for passphrase everytime.
$ git remote -v
origin git#bitbucket-myAccount2:privateTeam/project.git (fetch)
origin git#bitbucket-myAccount2:privateTeam/project.git (push)
$ git pull
Enter passphrase for key '/Users/$myUser/.ssh/acc2ssh':
Already up-to-date.
How do I config this to work in both xcode and terminal?
Additional question: How do I make the terminal to remember my passphrase?
UPDATE
Due to the confusion, I'll add more details about the git remote:
I'm checkout out the git via:
$ git clone git#bitbucket-myAccount2:privateTeam/project.git
Because if I use the ssh provided from bitbucket, it won't work (access denied):
$ git clone git#bitbucket.org:privateTeam/project.git
repository access denied.
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
But Xcode seems to doesn't recognize the host bitbucket-myAccount2 as #Jakuje pointed out. Maybe I'm missing something here?
XCode (most probably) does not read your ~/.ssh/config because it is not based on OpenSSH. You should use just the hostname as it is and provide the correct private key.
If the other one (in default location) is still picked up, move it away/rename from default location (~/.ssh/id_rsa) and update the ~/.ssh/config to reflect this change. For example:
Host bitbucket.org
HostName bitbucket.org
User git
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa2
Every time I want to commit the command "git push heroku master" I am asked in the PowerShell to enter the credentials. When I enter heroku credentials (which is connected to git by default) I get the error message.
But, when I type the credetials contained in the netrc file in my home directory, then the thing functions. The password is however hashed in my opinion. How can I avoid entering credentials every time I want to push changes to git?
UPDATE:
PS C:\Users\Dragan\heroku_workspace\python-getting-started> git push heroku master
github --credentials get: github: command not found
Username for 'https://git.heroku.com': my-email#hotmail.com
Password for 'https://my-email#hotmail.com#git.heroku.com':
github --credentials erase: github: command not found
remote: ! WARNING:
remote: ! Do not authenticate with username and password using git.
remote: ! Run `heroku login` to update your credentials, then retry the git command.
remote: ! See documentation for details: Https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/http-git#authentication
fatal: Authentication failed for 'https://git.heroku.com/mysterious-river-71834.git/'
A common mistake is cloning using the default (HTTPS) instead of SSH. You can correct this by going to your repository, clicking the ssh button left to the URL field and updating the URL of your origin remote like this:
git remote set-url origin git#github.com:username/repo.git
or if your repository already then click green button CLONE OR DOWNLOAD and select use SSH
Enable SSH authentication
$ heroku create --ssh-git
Redirect tall HTTPS calls to SSH ( If you want to always use SSH Git with Heroku on a particular machine)
$ git config --global url.ssh://git#heroku.com/.insteadOf https://git.heroku.com/
To generate a public key:
ssh-keygen -t rsa Press enter at the first prompt to use the default file location. Next, type a secure passphrase for the key.
If you are using v1.9.3 or later Git for Windows, you can do the following
git config --global credential.helper wincred
Please note that this mechanism stores your username/password in Windows Credential Store.
In relatively newer versions, Git Credential Manager for Windows is bundled with Git for Windows and enabled by default, you might have to override credential.helper configuration for Heroku. GCM seems designed for VSTS and GitHub and I am not how it will behave with other servers.
Worked for me:
Run heroku login using the windows command prompt cmd.exe. This will drop your API key into your _netrc at which point you can open up cygwin or git bash and do whatever you need to
From .gitconfig remove the helper = manager line so that it is no longer registered as a credential helper and stops it from showing up.
(in C:\Users\username\.gitconfig )
Rename _netrc file to .netrc on Windows 7 in the user dir:
cd %home%
REN _netrc .netrc
see:
'git push heroku master' is still asking for authentication
https://github.com/heroku/cli/issues/84#issuecomment-170689175
I have read some questions around but still didn't found the solution to this problem
I have git on windows and I want to connect to github using ssh.
Following this tutorial https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys
I have successfully setup my keys
If I open a git-bash and try to ssh github I am able to connect, so this works
ssh -T git#github.com
Hi username! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not
provide shell access.
this means that git-bash actually sees my keys. However if I try to do a push
git push origin master
git prompts me for username and password
Thank you for your help
EDIT: solved by using the git protocol instead of the http protocol, my fault
so replace this
https://github.com/_user_/_repository_.git
whit this
git#github.com:_user_/_repository_.git
in the remote link
No need to remove/add, just do something like this:
git remote set-url origin git#github.com:username/repo.git
You probably cloned a remote that uses the https protocol, rather than the git protocol. You need to redefine your remote for origin.
# Change this as needed.
github_username="$LOGNAME"
# Replace your remote, then push.
git remote rm origin
git remote add origin "git#github.com:${github_username}/${PWD##*/}.git"
git push --tags --set-upstream origin master
I'm using Windows XP, TortoiseGit (latest version) and Cygwin. I have git.exe installed and on my path. In TortoiseGit, I can execute pushes against the remote repository without being prompted for a password. I assumed this was because I have defined this in my .git/config file ...
[remote "origin"]
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
url = ssh://git#myrepo/myproject.git
puttykeyfile = U:\\.ssh\\mykey.ppk
However, in Cygwin, when at the root directory of my project (the one where the .git folder is a child), I get prompted for a password ...
$ git push origin qa_release
git#myrepo's password:
Why am I prompted for a password when trying to push from Cygwin but not from TortoiseGit and how can I get Cygwin to behave like TortoiseGit (i.e. not ask me for a password)?
Thanks, - Dave
puttykeyfile is a windows git thing, so you need to have your SSH set up for cygwin too. Git will use your regular SSH settings.
Is the .ppk file a regular SSH public key? If so, add the following to your ~/.ssh/config file, so cygwin git knows where to find it.
Host myrepo
IdentityFile /cygdrive/u/.ssh/mykey.ppk
You can test this quickly with a ssh myrepo in cygwin.