2010/1/12 <matias@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hi, > > If he is using tortoise git there are 2 different ways, mutually exclusive, > depending on what he choses regarding which version of plink.exe to use. > He has to chose this there: 'Start' > 'All Programs' > 'TortoiseGit' > > 'Settings' Then choose an SSH client. Typical examples of values for this > would be: > - C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin\TortoisePLink.exe if he chooses to use > TortoiseGit's plink > - C:\Program Files\Putty\plink.exe if he chooses to use putty > > I understand he is using TortoiseGit, so he would have to use the first > option and then open 'Start' > 'All Programs' > 'TortoiseGit' > Puttygen > > Then click on 'Generate' and follow instructions. > > Once he has created his public key, he has to load it after each reboot, > using 'Start' > 'All Programs' > 'TortoiseGit' > 'Pageant'. > He will then be prompted to locate his public key and then to enter the > password that protects it. > If he wants pageant to point directly to his certificate he can create a > link and specify as target: > "C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin\pageant.exe" "PATH/TO/MY/public_key.ppk" > changing of course the paths to reflect his own values. > > Hope this helps. Just let me know if you need more information. > > matías pizarro Thanks Matías, It *almost* worked. We couldn't get the key pairs to work though. What we had to do was to generate the keypair on a linux box and transfer the private key to the windows box. We couldn't figure out how to generate the right type of keys and that was just easier. Problem solved :) Howard -- 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