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From: Bill Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: git wants a password to portage sync
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2017 21:53:53
Message-Id: 3f822d43-9804-38ba-a7f9-0cdfa760d61e@iinet.net.au
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: git wants a password to portage sync by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On 05/12/17 21:15, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
2 > On 05/12/17 12:40, Bill Kenworthy wrote:
3 >> I use a central machine that all other gentoo machines pull portage
4 >> updates from using emerge set up for git.
5 >>
6 >> Some 10+ physical and virtual machines work fine.
7 >>
8 >> A newly installed machine wants a git password to do the git pull where
9 >> as no other machine does.  Tried setting up keys for it on the remote
10 >> machine (user portage which is who git pulls come from) and ssh login
11 >> works fine, git demands a password.
12 >>
13 >> Any hints because its got me beat!
14 >
15 > I suspect the keys on the other machines are not password protected, but
16 > the key on that machine is and Git asks you for it.
17 >
18 >
19
20 No, all machines are set up as keyless ssh - git has never needed it
21 there. In frustration I created keys and set portage up as a keyless
22 ssh account as well, no change.

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[gentoo-user] Re: git wants a password to portage sync Ian Zimmerman <itz@××××××××××××.org>