gitosis user on Windows

gitosis user on Windows

[Howard Miller]

I have been using gitosis for a while with much success. I now have a
user on Windows (XP) wanting to access the repositories. I obviously
need a key from him but asking just elicited a blank look. I don't
have the slightest idea about Windows. Does anybody have this working
and can provide any advice. I did do a search but it seems highly
inconclusive.

Thanks!!

Re: gitosis user on Windows

[Peter Krefting]

Howard Miller:

> I have been using gitosis for a while with much success. I now have a user 
> on Windows (XP) wanting to access the repositories. I obviously need a key
>  from him but asking just elicited a blank look.

  From Git Gui, use Help -> Show SSH Key. If that shows up blank, press the 
"Generate Key" button and follow the instructions.

-- 
\\// Peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/

Re: gitosis user on Windows

[Howard Miller]

> Howard Miller:
>
>> I have been using gitosis for a while with much success. I now have a user
>> on Windows (XP) wanting to access the repositories. I obviously need a key
>>  from him but asking just elicited a blank look.
>
>  From Git Gui, use Help -> Show SSH Key. If that shows up blank, press the
> "Generate Key" button and follow the instructions.

Thanks, but... he's using Tortoise Git (I've just found out). I guess
he's looking for something similar there?

Re: gitosis user on Windows

[Howard Miller]

2010/1/12  <matias@pizarro.net>:
> 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