From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Howard Miller Subject: Re: gitosis user on Windows Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:38:30 +0000 Message-ID: <26ae428a1001120738i71378354l48b586ce32260122@mail.gmail.com> References: <26ae428a1001120142j36619d62xcf3ffee3539a03b7@mail.gmail.com> <26ae428a1001120245q51c922ccr9787581c2886222c@mail.gmail.com> <4B4C960E.5080004@pizarro.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Peter Krefting , Git Mailing List To: matias@pizarro.net X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Jan 12 16:38:41 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NUipN-00049P-1g for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:38:41 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753803Ab0ALPih convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:38:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752651Ab0ALPig (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:38:36 -0500 Received: from mail-ew0-f209.google.com ([209.85.219.209]:44573 "EHLO mail-ew0-f209.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751500Ab0ALPig convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:38:36 -0500 Received: by ewy1 with SMTP id 1so4785921ewy.28 for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:38:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=9awgEAzPOdWnyMaFYlhxN2rvP0ro9puQUKm6ymC764w=; b=LVs7+Q/XiMOgE8HsIyeYDe066fBmCJyFO8r7A7gJLo7Zn1haI6YX8Bc5MmGVSRkm6C SLdXSN9u4utZQNfaJ6u+/6HA4XoSVmZNn0eZCMAuFkn/hTExvaV80sQ3BX5VEsy9h9oY kywP8x7JQUr7dHIpsZ/QkiYLEpYPcjia5fOdw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=IRg4MCyVpbc2uTYVQlESZdDOqQfS6ySIxLckUTGzDDpn3TIeTnJZlgSPtmWWCchAsg SGtrgMQxOqeONGpaLnI22fCFTvkBVAmrAXZB0sjA16MMX3DIZB3rBNgcCtMSH2BsO0t8 Vi+1QDy6yMEw1V+RTzV+39coMKZrxJ3sw7ZVk= Received: by 10.213.57.69 with SMTP id b5mr989935ebh.74.1263310711098; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:38:31 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B4C960E.5080004@pizarro.net> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 41b77cd93e196ccc Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 2010/1/12 : > Hi, > > If he is using tortoise git there are 2 different ways, mutually excl= usive, > depending on what he choses regarding which version of plink.exe to u= se. > He has to chose this there: 'Start' > 'All Programs' > 'TortoiseGit' = > > 'Settings'=A0 Then choose an SSH client. Typical examples of values f= or this > would be: > =A0 - C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin\TortoisePLink.exe=A0 if he cho= oses to use > TortoiseGit's plink > =A0 - 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 fir= st > option and then open 'Start' > 'All Programs' > 'TortoiseGit' > Putty= gen > > Then click on 'Generate' and follow instructions. > > Once he has created his public key, he has to load it after each rebo= ot, > using 'Start' > 'All Programs' > 'TortoiseGit' > 'Pageant'. > He will then be prompted to locate his public key and then to enter t= he > password that protects it. > If he wants pageant to point directly to his certificate he can creat= e a > link and specify as target: > "C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin\pageant.exe" "PATH/TO/MY/public_key= =2Eppk" > changing of course the paths to reflect his own values. > > Hope this helps. Just let me know if you need more information. > > mat=EDas pizarro Thanks Mat=EDas, 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