Plink Password Over and Over
I am using plink as part of my GIT setup and I have my remote keys set correctly and can connect via Putty.
However, when I try to run msysgit and TortiseGit to clone GIT directly - enter the path via
c: \ Program Files (x86) \ puTTY \ plink.exe
I get a window asking for a password.
Now I have set pword to my rsa key, but when I type this password it doesn't work. (I know I can use the contest, but it doesn't work because when I type a word into it, it just says "fatal error hangs")
How can I determine which password or information plink.exe is using since there is clearly something wrong?
Take a look at this ticket and this guide might help you.
PS: If your key is password protected, you need to have an ssh agent (in your case, a script) with the key running, otherwise your ssh client will not be able to use your key. The fact that you have a password just means that key based authentication failed and the server accepts password authentication.
PPS: Looking at this and this question, are you really sure you have the same plink used everywhere? I'm not sure if they all will necessarily have a config, for example. skirting board (which comes with putty) and turtle plink.
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