在Windows 7机器上设置github ssh

Question

I just installed git on my windows machine using git's how to guide , but I am having a problem.

When I run ssh -T git@github.com step I am getting this error:

ssh_exchange_identification: read: Connection reset by peer

here is a longer trace that I got by running ssh -vvv git@github.com :

OpenSSH_4.6p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007
debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to github.com [207.97.227.239] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /c/Users/bmehanni/.ssh/identity type -1
debug3: Not a RSA1 key file /c/Users/bmehanni/.ssh/id_rsa.
debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type '-----BEGIN'
debug3: key_read: missing keytype
debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type 'Proc-Type:'
debug3: key_read: missing keytype
debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type 'DEK-Info:'
debug3: key_read: missing keytype
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type '-----END'
debug3: key_read: missing keytype
debug1: identity file /c/Users/bmehanni/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
debug1: identity file /c/Users/bmehanni/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
ssh_exchange_identification: read: Connection reset by peer

Thanks

Answer 1

I had the same problem, but never found a way to solve it.

The workaround was to use https instead of ssh.

Answer 2

It seems like the type of your id_rsa key is wrong

debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type

ssh is trying to infer the type from the key file name. When you generate the key, you need to specify the type with -t rsa flag.

ssh-keygen -t rsa

Also, accept the default values for the file name of your private key id_rsa and your public key id_rsa.pub , otherwise you would need to add a configuration for github in ~/.ssh/config file specifying the private key to use for that specific host.

Host github.com
    HostName github.com
    User git
    IdentityFile C:/Users/youruser/.ssh/someotherkeyname

Answer 3

It looks like there's something wrong with your ssh key, so I'm guessing something went wrong while you were running ssh-keygen. Try re-running that step