Hi Shawn, I've followed your instructions, and added the same RSA key that I use with Git and Git Extensions (using Windows here), but eGit still asks for a password for a the git user (which is password disabled, and requires RSA). I'm telling eGit to access via "git + SSH". I'm assuming for windows the ~/.ssh should be in C:\path\to\profile\username\.ssh ? I'm not 100% that eGit has installed correctly in Eclipse (3.4.2 Ganymede, Windows XP SP3, Java 1.6.0_13) either. I can't see many git-like commands in the context menus for files and projects. Regards, Aaron Hicks > -----Original Message----- > From: spearce@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:spearce@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, 16 June 2009 3:04 a.m. > To: Aaron Hicks > Cc: git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: egit and RSA keys for SSH > > Aaron Hicks <HicksA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > We have a git repository set up with gitosis and it requires RSA > > keys to authenticate developers who have rights to push to this > > repository. i.e. they are blessed with write privileges. Github > > uses a similar method. > > > > We use Eclipse, so we would like Eclipse to integrate with Git. So > > we grabbed egit from http://www.jgit.org/update-site and used the > > Eclipse installer (Like we do all the other Eclipse plug-in, given > > that the egit/jgit sites don't give instructions otherwise it seems > > to be the thing to do). > > > > The problem is I can't see how to associate an RSA key in order > > to authenticate the SSH login with our gitosis repository (or > > GitHub). We have PuTTY installed and use Pageant to manage keys, and > > the required key is already loaded. > > Unfortunately both PuTTY's Pageant and OpenSSH's ssh-agent are > not supported from JSch, which is the SSH client used within JGit, > which is what is underneath EGit. Consequently, you can't use the > agent to manage your keys. > > From within Eclipse, if you go to Window > Preferences > General > > Network Connections > SSH2 you can configure your RSA keys. But, > these keys are configured globally for the workspace, i.e. its > more like loading the key into the agent than it is about binding > a particular key to a particular host. > > To force binding a key to a host, use ~/.ssh/config. JGit knows > how to read this file on startup and uses the Host blocks to do > some configuration control over the connection. > > E.g. if you use a URL like "git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:foo.git" > then you can put the following in your ~/.ssh/config to force using > a specific SSH key: > > Host gitserver.example.com > IdentityFile .ssh/id_gitkey > > Note that ~/.ssh/config is cached on startup of EGit, so you'll > need to completely restart the Eclipse workspace after making any > changes to it. > > -- > Shawn. Please consider the environment before printing this email Warning: This electronic message together with any attachments is confidential. If you receive it in error: (i) you must not read, use, disclose, copy or retain it; (ii) please contact the sender immediately by reply email and then delete the emails. The views expressed in this email may not be those of Landcare Research New Zealand Limited. http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html