"Auth Failed" error with EGit and GitHub

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tehsis picture tehsis · Aug 30, 2010 · Viewed 102.1k times · Source

I've installed EGit plugin at Eclipse Helios and I'm trying to use it with my GitHub account, but when I try to configure it I get an "Auth Failed" error.

I'd been googling it but no luck... it seems to be a problem with my passphrase but AFAIK EGit is looking at the right place (/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa) and I've no problem in connect by ssh or git console client.

Some blogs says that is a problem with the URI and the Egit's parser but I still haven't found a solution.

Answer

Andrei Petrenko picture Andrei Petrenko · May 11, 2011

My answer may be outdated but hopefully it can be useful for someone.

  1. In your Eclipse go to Window > Preferences > General > Network Connections > SSH2 (or just type "SSH2" in preferences window filter box).

  2. In "Key Management" tab press "Generate RSA Key..." button. Optionally you can add comment (usually e-mail address) and passphrase to your key. Passphrase will be used during authentication on GitHub.

  3. Copy your generated public key (in a box just below "Generate RSA Key..." button) and add it to your GitHub account.
  4. Press "Save Private Key..." button to save your private RSA key into file. By default keys are stored in SSH2 home directory (see "General" tab).

That's it! Now you should be able to push your code to GitHub repo.

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