ok so I've read numerous posts on this online and none are really clear cut or at least for someone of my skill level. I set up Ubuntu Subsystem on windows and I am trying to set up my github keys so that I don't have to login on each push etc.
If you have simple steps feel free to ignore the rest below just wanted to make sure I provided as much info as to what I tried below.
I tried this method but still can't get it to work - Running SSH Agent when starting Git Bash on Windows
Here are the full steps I took
1) I ran $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "my@email.com"
pressed enter on prompt adding the keys to default location wish is /.ssh (on the linux side)
on windows located here: C:\Users\MyUserName\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.UbuntuonWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc\LocalState\rootfs\home\MyUserName\.ssh
Files added after this step in /.ssh
/.ssh
id_rsa
id_rsa.pub
2) Next I modified my .bashrc with nano
$ nano ~/.bashrc
This opened C:\Users\MyUserName\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.UbuntuonWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc\LocalState\rootfs\home\MyUserName\.bashrc
I added the following snippet to the end of my existing .bashrc
# Set up ssh-agent
SSH_ENV="$HOME/.ssh/environment"
function start_agent {
echo "Initializing new SSH agent..."
touch $SSH_ENV
chmod 600 "${SSH_ENV}"
/usr/bin/ssh-agent | sed 's/^echo/#echo/' >> "${SSH_ENV}"
. "${SSH_ENV}" > /dev/null
/usr/bin/ssh-add
}
# Source SSH settings, if applicable
if [ -f "${SSH_ENV}" ]; then
. "${SSH_ENV}" > /dev/null
kill -0 $SSH_AGENT_PID 2>/dev/null || {
start_agent
}
else
start_agent
fi
3) I ran source ~/.bashrc
4) created config file $ touch ~/.ssh/config
5) In config here's what I have and where I think I went wrong maybe.
This is the snippet from the original post referenced above
Host github.com-<YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME>
HostName github.com
User git
PreferredAuthentications publickey
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_work_gmail # path to your private key
AddKeysToAgent yes
Host csexperimental.abc.com
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_work_gmail # path to your private key
AddKeysToAgent yes
<More hosts and github configs can be added in similar manner mentioned above>
Here's mine
Host github.com-MyGithubUsername
HostName github.com
User git
PreferredAuthentications publickey
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
AddKeysToAgent yes
6) Then I added key to agent by running $ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
I ran $ ssh github.com-MyGithubUsername to check if everything was ok and got back
The authenticity of host 'github.com (192.XX.XXX.XXX)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is SHA256:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?
I typed yes and got back
Warning: Permanently added 'github.com,192.XX.XXX.XXX' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
PTY allocation request failed on channel 0
Hi MyUserName! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.
Connection to github.com closed.
Tried pushing a commit after this and was still asked for my log in
I also came across this post and tried my best some of those things but didn't work either so I started from scratch and tried the above
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated :/
