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Eva Dias
Eva Dias

Reputation: 1747

Saving ssh key fails

i just started a Git tutorial and I get to a deadend: I try to generate a rsa key part and it fails. I did this, in git bash:

ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "[email protected]"

And i got this:

Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/c/Users/Eva/.ssh/id_rsa):
enter passphrase:
enter same passphrase again:
open /c/Users/Eva/.ssh/id_rsa failed: no such file or directory.
Saving the key failed:/c/Users/Eva/.ssh/id_rsa.

I tried to save in a different folder and it went OK. but now i do the command ssh -T [email protected] and it gives me the error permisson denied (publickey).

Upvotes: 39

Views: 246508

Answers (16)

dre_84w934
dre_84w934

Reputation: 738

on Mac, you first have tocd ~/.ssh then you can do ssh-keygen

Upvotes: 1

Sadekur Rahaman
Sadekur Rahaman

Reputation: 741

In my case just went to the .ssh directory with git-bash -

Users\User\.ssh

and then tried ssh-keygen command to generate the key and Voila, it worked!

Upvotes: 0

Rupesh Shitole
Rupesh Shitole

Reputation: 31

For windows use enter button 3 times

Enter file in which to save the key (/c/Users/Rupesh/.ssh/id_rsa): Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter same passphrase again:

its work for me...

Upvotes: 1

bpjuli
bpjuli

Reputation: 11

For Linux on terminal use:

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "<comment>"

this generate new modeled key. Or can create as:

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048 -C "any comment"

Then continue following terminal.. give any name to the file as asked Again follow it with empty passphrase..and continue

Then goto the /home/user/.ssh/id_ed25519 or /home/user/.ssh/id_rsa (is hidden file..look by doing ctrl+h to unhide hidden file) and copy it to gitlab => profile => setting => ssh => create new key there by pasting copied key and NOTE: public key always starts with ssh. Enjoy! Help:gitlab-Help

Upvotes: 0

Allan Freitas
Allan Freitas

Reputation: 1

On Windows 8.1 using CMDER, I created the ssh key with this file path /c/Users/youruser/.ssh/id_rsa_whatever, the problem was the : that I was using. With this path I didn't create the folder before running the command, there is no need to run mkdir because the command will create the folder automatically.

Upvotes: 0

P Mill
P Mill

Reputation: 31

For MacOS

Open terminal and make sure you have .ssh directory.

On your home(~) folder enter ls -hal and you will see all hidden directories and make sure you have .ssh directory, if not do mkdir .ssh

then enter this ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "[email protected]"

then you have: Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (/Users/YOURUSERNAME/.ssh/id_rsa):

press Enter (you don't need to enter nothing if you agree with that path or you need to enter your path from root of volume)

then follow answer what is gonna ask press Enter.

Check it here https://help.github.com/en/enterprise/2.16/user/authenticating-to-github/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent

Upvotes: 1

csaba.sulyok
csaba.sulyok

Reputation: 1918

If you're using Windows, the unix-style default path of ssh-keygen is at fault.

In Line 2 it says Enter file in which to save the key (/c/Users/Eva/.ssh/id_rsa):. That full filename in the parantheses is the default, obviously Windows cannot access a file like that. If you type the Windows equivalent (c:\Users\Eva\.ssh\id_rsa), it should work.

Before running this, you also need to create the folder. You can do this by running mkdir c:\Users\Eva\.ssh, or by created the folder ".ssh." from File Explorer (note the second dot at the end, which will get removed automatically, and is required to create a folder that has a dot at the beginning).

c:\Users\Administrator\.ssh>ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "[email protected]"
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/Administrator/.ssh/id_rsa): C:\Users\Administrator\.ssh\id_rsa
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in C:\Users\Administrator\.ssh\id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in C:\Users\Administrator\.ssh\id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
... [email protected]
The key's randomart image is:...`

I know this is an old thread, but I thought the answer might help others.

Upvotes: 50

Richardd
Richardd

Reputation: 1012

I faced the same problem. Solution on windows:

  1. open start menu and type cmd
  2. Right and choose run as administrator
  3. Then type cd Users_YOURUSERNAME_\ Replace "YOURUSERNAME" with your windows account name
  4. The type: mkdir .ssh

This will create a .ssh folder.

Upvotes: 1

Finger Picking Good
Finger Picking Good

Reputation: 400

Your method should work fine on a Mac, but on Windows, two additional steps are necessary.

  1. Create a new folder in the desired location and name it ".ssh." (note the closing dot - this will vanish, but is required to create a folder beginning with ".")
  2. When prompted, use the file path format C:/Users/NAME/.ssh/id_rsa (note no closing dot on .ssh).

Saving the id_rsa key in this location should solve the permission error.

Upvotes: 1

Tanya Gupta
Tanya Gupta

Reputation: 560

I struggled with the same problem for a while just now (using Mac). Here is what I did and it finally worked:
(1) Confirm the .ssh directory exists:

#show all files including hidden
ls -a

(2) Accept all default values by just pressing enter at the prompt

Enter file in which to save the key (/Users/username/.ssh/id_rsa): 
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): 
Enter same passphrase again:

You should get a message :

Your identification has been saved in /Users/username/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /Users/username/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
BZA156:HVhsjsdhfdkjfdfhdX+BundfOytLezXvbx831/s [email protected]
The key's randomart image is:XXXXX

PS If you are configuring git for rails, do the following (source):

git config --global color.ui true
git config --global user.name "yourusername"
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "[email protected]"

(then accept all defaults by pressing enter)

Upvotes: 3

Jared
Jared

Reputation: 365

I had the same issue. I had to provide the full path using Windows conventions. At this step:

Enter file in which to save the key (/c/Users/Eva/.ssh/id_rsa):

Provide the following value:

c:\users\eva\.ssh\id_rsa

Upvotes: 13

Mario Neubauer
Mario Neubauer

Reputation: 270

In Windows I had to create the environment variable HOME pointing to my user profile first (C:\Users\<name>) or whatever directory you prefer.

Then start a new command line window, create a a .ssh directory in your user profile or choosen diretory using mkdir ".ssh" command.

After doing that I was able to use the ssh-keygen without any path problems.

Upvotes: 2

Despertar
Despertar

Reputation: 22362

I was using bash on windows that came with git. The problem was I assumed the tilde (~) which I was using to denote my home path would expand properly. It does work when using cd, but to fix this error I had to just give it the absolute path.

Upvotes: 1

whenov
whenov

Reputation: 785

You have to create the .ssh folder yourself for saving ssh keys.

By the way, I used this path style: C:/Users/you/.ssh/id_rsa

Upvotes: 5

First Zero
First Zero

Reputation: 22356

If you prefer to use a GUI to create the keys

  1. Use Putty Gen to generate a key
  2. Export the key as an open SSH key
  3. As mentioned by @VonC create the .ssh directory and then you can drop the private and public keys in there
  4. Or use a GUI program (like Tortoise Git) to use the SSH keys

For a walkthrough on putty gen for the above steps, please see http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_create_and_use_public_keys_with_ssh.html

Upvotes: 18

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1324935

It looks like you are executing that command from a DOS session (see this thread), and that means you need to create the .ssh directory before said command.

Or you can execute it from the bash session (part of the msysgit distribution), and it should work.

Upvotes: 13

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