“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

My fourpenneth: my SSH keys were set up in Cygwin, at C:\cygwin\home\.ssh, so I pointed SSH to this folder instead of the default (Win7) C:\Users\\ssh, as per these instructions: http://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/User_Guide/Remote#Eclipse_SSH_Configuration

and used the ssh protocol, and it works fine. Trying to use the git protocol still gives "User not supported on the git protocol", though.