“Auth Failed” error with EGit and GitHub

Question

I\'ve installed EGit plugin at Eclipse Helios and I\'m trying to use it with my GitHub account, but when I try to configure it I get an \"Auth Failed\" error.

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Answer 1

You need to install msysgit, after installing you need to open Git Bash and enter there these commands:

$ git config --global user.name "Gennadiy Zlobin" (your name)
$ git config --global user.email gennad.zlobin@gmail.com (your email)
$ ssh-keygen -C "gennad.zlobin@gmail.com" -t rsa (your email)

Now your generated keys are in C:\Users\username\.ssh (in Windows 7).
Next you load the content of your public key to your project on Github
In Eclipse open Window->Preferences->General->Network->SSH2 and set your ~/.ssh as SSH Home

After that go to Key Management tab and Load existing Key - set here your private key in ~/.ssh.

After that you can push your project to Github (but I set ssh protocol, not git+ssh).