Re: gitosis user on Windows

From: Howard Miller <howard@e-learndesign.co.uk>
Date: Jan 12, 2010, 15:38 UTC
Message-ID: <26ae428a1001120738i71378354l48b586ce32260122@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4B4C960E.5080004@pizarro.net>

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

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> 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