How do I connect remote Git?

[dipper]

I'm trying to connect a remote private repository, but I get an error:

Git execution message: Cloning into bare repository '.../repo.git'... fatal: could not read Username for 'https://github.com': No such device or address

Name: reponame
Remote: https://github.com/username/reponame
Keyfile: reponame_rsa

What am I doing wrong?

 

[Richard G]

fatal: could not read Username for

I think this:

Name: reponame

should not read reponame, but username. I could be wrong, press the question mark next to it.

 

[dipper]

It looks ridiculous enough. I added the necessary keys to the profile and repository and entered the command in the terminal:

ssh -T [email protected]

I got the following: Hi username! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.

I generated this key through the terminal.

If I create a key in the DA, I cannot connect to the repository:

 

[smtalk]

Are you sure your username at github.com is git ? I also see no repository location set there.

 

[dipper]

Are you sure your username at github.com is git ? I also see no repository location set there.

I use the address that Github gives for SSH access in the "Code" tab:

I use the following data for access:
Name: reponame
Remote: [email protected]:username/reponame.git
Keyfile: .ssh/id_rsa

Is this correct?

 

[dipper]

It looks ridiculous enough. I added the necessary keys to the profile and repository and entered the command in the terminal:

ssh -T [email protected]

I got the following: Hi username! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.

I generated this key through the terminal.

If I create a key in the DA, I cannot connect to the repository:

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For example, I created a test public repository and I get the same error with permissions.

 

[kikloo]

Did this get resolved ? I'm trying to do the same and getting same error no matter what I do.

 

[fln]

I use the following data for access:
Name: reponame
Remote: [email protected]:username/reponame.git
Keyfile: .ssh/id_rsa

Is this correct?

Yes, this is correct.

If you specify key file path and it does not exist you should get:

Cloning into bare repository '/home/admin/domains/{domain}/{repo}.git'...
Warning: Identity file bad/path/not-exist not accessible: No such file or directory.
[email protected]: Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

If file has incorrect permissions it will be:

"Cloning into bare repository '/home/admin/domains/{domain}/{repo}.git'...
Warning: Permanently added the ECDSA host key for IP address '140.82.121.4' to the list of known hosts.
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
@         WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE!          @
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Permissions 0644 for '.ssh/reponame_rsa' are too open.
It is required that your private key files are NOT accessible by others.
This private key will be ignored.
Load key ".ssh/reponame_rsa": bad permissions
[email protected]: Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

If file has 0400 permissions, it will work as expected.

---

If command ssh -T [email protected] works without explicitly passing the key file name, it means ssh client was able to auto-detect key file using one of the standard names like id_rsa. You can double check if you have correct key by explicitly passing the path to the key with -i parameter. Here is an example:

$ ssh -T [email protected]
[email protected]: Permission denied (publickey).
$ ssh -T [email protected] -i .ssh/reponame_rsa
Hi {username}! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.

In this example authentication using default key name id_rsa, failed, but passing key path explicitly worked as expected. I took the name .ssh/reponame_rsa to match the one you have used in your post.

 

[sirakri]

Hi, I am facing the same problem. What is the final solution for this? The documentation could have been easier for beginners.