From 31bce646407e26b1cfcbaa585d60771101600678 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leslie Murphy Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 19:46:56 -0700 Subject: better examples for first time SSL users of github --- _posts/2009-06-15-msysgit-key-setup.textile | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to '_posts/2009-06-15-msysgit-key-setup.textile') diff --git a/_posts/2009-06-15-msysgit-key-setup.textile b/_posts/2009-06-15-msysgit-key-setup.textile index b73f7df..fc9f320 100644 --- a/_posts/2009-06-15-msysgit-key-setup.textile +++ b/_posts/2009-06-15-msysgit-key-setup.textile @@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ h2. Backup and remove existing keys Unless this is your first time installing msys on your computer, you should double check that keys do not already exist. If they do you can either use the existing key(s) or remove them. In either case, you should make a backup of the keys. +First check to see if a ssh key directory exists. +
$ $ cd ~/.ssh
+
+ +If you get a "No such file or directory" error, you can skip the following step to back up the SSH key before generating a new keypair. + 
$ cd ~/.ssh
 $ ls
 config  id_rsa  id_rsa.pub  known_hosts
@@ -54,7 +60,17 @@ h2. Testing things out
 Testing if our new key works is simple:
 
 
$ ssh git@github.com
-Hi tekkub! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.
-Connection to github.com closed.

+The authenticity of host 'github.com (207.97.227.239)' can't be established.
+RSA key fingerprint is 16:27:ac:a5:76:28:2d:36:63:1b:56:4d:eb:df:a6:48.
+Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?
+
+ +Respond with yes to confirm the first-time ssh connection to github: +
yes
+Warning: Permanently added 'github.com,207.97.227.239' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
+Enter passphrase for key '/c/Users/tekkub/.ssh/id_rsa':
+ERROR: Hi tekkub! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access
+Connection to github.com closed.
+
If you do not get the "successfully authenticated" message, check out the "troubleshooting guide":http://github.com/guides/addressing-authentication-problems-with-ssh. \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.3.1