git - Server host key not cached
For those of you who are setting up MSYS Git on Windows using PuTTY via the standard command prompt, the way to add a host to PuTTY's cache is to run
> plink.exe <host>For example:
> plink.exe codebasehq.comThe server's host key is not cached in the registry. Youhave no guarantee that the server is the computer youthink it is.The server's rsa2 key fingerprint is:ssh-rsa 2048 2e:db:b6:22:f7:bd:48:f6:da:72:bf:59:d7:75:d7:4eIf you trust this host, enter "y" to add the key toPuTTY's cache and carry on connecting.If you want to carry on connecting just once, withoutadding the key to the cache, enter "n".If you do not trust this host, press Return to abandon theconnection.Store key in cache? (y/n)Just answer y, and then Ctrl+C the rest.
Do check the fingerprint though. This warning is there for a good reason. Fingerprints for some git services (please edit to add more):
Try doing a "set | grep -i ssh" from the Git Bash prompt
If your setup is like mine you probably have these set:
GIT_SSH='C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY\plink.exe'PLINK_PROTOCOL=sshSVN_SSH='"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\PuTTY\\plink.exe"'I did a
unset GIT_SSHunset PLINK_PROTOCOLunset GIT_SVNand it worked after that,.. I guess putty saves its keys somewhere else as $HOME/.ssh or something... (I've also had a problem on a box where $HOME was set to "C:\Users\usrnam" instead of "/C/Users/usrnam/"
anyway, your mileage may vary, but that fixed it for me. :-)
(probably just doing the unset GIT_SSH is enough, but I was on a roll)
Note: if unset doesn't work for you, try this:
set GIT_SSH=
The message means that the host key of origin is not present in your trusted hosts file.
To get around this, open a plain SSH connection to origin and SSH will ask you if you want to trust the remote host (from the Git console):
$ ssh 127.0.0.1The authenticity of host '127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1)' can't be established.RSA key fingerprint is <FINGERPRINT>.Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?If you trust the remote host (i.e. type yes), SSH will add its key to the list of known hosts.
After that, you should be able to do your git push origin.
As an alternative, you could also manually add the key of origin to .ssh/known_hosts but this requires that you adhere to the format of the known_hosts file as described in the man page of sshd (Section AUTHORIZED_KEYS FILE FORMAT).