From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [217.72.192.74]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49E14384780E for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:39:39 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 49E14384780E Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=towo.net Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=towo.net Received: from [192.168.178.72] ([91.65.247.112]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue108 [212.227.15.183]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MeD1l-1mpUtS2nWJ-00bI5J for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:39:37 +0200 Subject: Re: github password policy To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: From: Thomas Wolff Message-ID: <0215d30f-0966-6eb7-f4ab-8c2fe98dc0d8@towo.net> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:39:41 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.13.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:uh9kKrFhsiPuv0+0XFZoGxPJHLkyMeyoPRA+MjSSzQsY7AJIuN2 4JQFaQht1DulUDBZjyZt0xQCmGsvrjUbTjt7MOYL8OXyFmuU69vTtLg4TBIQ1JSDzcbSoWZ k5OodUQPDCCp2aqpFdK9ZPBtTeBmv8PTW+UTPVe12HI+cS9YiM26PpzwM8slVY+R/4Pmzu1 GTBHkO945z3+mk8zbyCwQ== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:2umTjmOXOYU=:0k5Ee/mFzxEOVD114tCEWR xcgZabM3L16s3GfoGHXJW68gcjGT0o7i7orKEUnOzIy5Urgh4gl0sOIR+gcVi2oNC2udCYzed VJAda3oKhCGBbkeZhoIbZ85KkklRfke1Ir/gAC4osazZTWjJxGVX6n/mKcYdZMtZU1fLZWuGu 1hlLCyhTe46GEA15+G+mPL+16u4/CZ57S72acBxje9bMs7ZGJxXOjJOTa0aSBdQShpsqzXslO X+OAFWI9UX5FNav9REDNWVGIdQUGxYzfk3tHYzvJS4vjst2lZ6Z/aWyHezzxY0KkErfuL++4I 69c5q1xADD/EDk8w9mxA2xxJ57BIwxsc2FW9O8z6gTSfOECPq9x14dRc6KoYbJsc3XS4rJfCT Np/h8Bb5jkJ2H/tqgf5d3xuEwbyFzRej+rq8chv8kwclC2+FzJhXeNWXFkG9VBKW2uoTUagos cQxh2xpFPhunl6kLHOATEQigVEeQu2ODB7t6rlSdrHK3IbqGcPcogVf39o7J2I5KOn5Rzl2gu DBwKZRb5IwyMJWyagmwsGwiqxW1BrXgN0txHa5CYIDVHOXtvr70rl42hCyEj3l+HiXB0CTSSR dRb6Lb25piG5xFJNMmRUKs48VJr51etCC8qxP0R9QeXIvuUDpIAKfZNeuqA3WcLoJydzUlggZ UGr3kIcekntbZWaiCjDJ+zeavSsw/idS6XZ/UjLs8E1lq4rQhBvir/yJfnV/Jzw/gSf2c416J Z5t/U6meSvkzBgwManWpYOYzAK4rPuPBB7o5w+9HIm8/t6druXPZ1hR8ZOh6Ww9uQ8IoNe00S 53kI2yJiz7lqQISxW9N/mxUrx0oTjwTsIXebcbrGT/Rd4pFnqYwbSpJXSf+3eq4V47kHQc6 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Cygwin package maintainer discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:39:41 -0000 Am 16.08.2021 um 19:59 schrieb Yaakov Selkowitz via Cygwin-apps: > On Mon, 2021-08-16 at 19:51 +0200, Thomas Wolff wrote: >> Am 16.08.2021 um 16:46 schrieb Lee: >>> On 8/16/21, Thomas Wolff wrote: >>>> github have changed their authentication policy not to allow passwords >>>> anymore. >>>> So they are asking maintainers to acquire another kind of password (a >>>> "token"), which I did a while ago. >>>> But they refuse to support users with the transition, there is no >>>> "plug-and-play" howto available, except for those who are willing to >>>> dive into details of authentication stuff and spend a few study hours on >>>> that useless policy change. >>>> As I cannot update mintty anymore right now from the git command line, >>>> is any maintainer here impacted by the same issue and can help out with >>>> some advice how to get rid of this nuisance? >>> ssh keys work - start here: >>> https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/connecting-to-github-with-ssh >> Thanks for the link. So I've now added my ssh key to github and >> successfully tested it. >> Now what? git push apparently still wants to use the old password and >> reports an error. Thanks for all hints. > Make sure the (push)url for the remote to which you wish to push is in the > form git@github.com:NAMESPACE/PROJECT.git rather than an https:// form. This URL scheme works for clone and push. And it works without an ssh-agent. Thanks again Thomas