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 877A4385BF9B for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2021 17:51:47 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 877A4385BF9B 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 (mreue107 [212.227.15.183]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MWSFB-1mZH340mRn-00XrHK; Mon, 16 Aug 2021 19:51:45 +0200 Subject: Re: github password policy To: Lee Cc: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: From: Thomas Wolff Message-ID: Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2021 19:51:48 +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:ZCI0KdYloeQVvDwBj+iXaUav/aW7RccBIXMdFprly+FQVVaDtKh JTSZ6VaUhqbu8cC3CE/et/cEAUrPvl0e6tEJ+spOfwBfgF36o4SaQxOWultAxFy9ac2O6Ag 30+Jp5Omk70Flpz9kXqH6s2zYFKCnfcAhTbjBqiFkvYka1FcLeJ2e2+G9Nx0lDPQvzztuIy ilj4coKyXvBxWjJ3UNU4g== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:ipg/pSC/dBI=:OMHnqRZs+5LTb+SwvFS31z 41+Ln+eu1XsXUP1/dYiPDlp4GW22YHWPBOyUe7zo+jaxfnbOVELOv39dO9zT+diL6BdtnSGZf 7rMDa+cqf1Mat6RvmlyWo9hJex2+KOvq2ntjWLS5VqD3NtoNTcrtabGgEmKDug3KZn02sPNjU 2k9L6SbN6feyORzjWlgQFgTE8ZlA9ZmlP9zr+DogcQu2vnoVorHgZY0rfK/PWZd2OjjDVySjY dcKprdaRrMIZqFHGn0lx0FyN+oZkAtev+RHQeMUSLIwekp8G2kbcfI1Te573BXPG9WbCcQt2u S+Vl7mZ5WcCl234jPHzQ6qcz0x2zoKB3yVZ8yazN7LYKDx5c2w4m7j0TLTHtkx1BHqQtUhV2c KzDky96bR4AbQgElLsFjubKhoFjy1iSNyCEECK5gQn/2h5vO8HD9zOKJxzQd/uv65/SRJCoYV Wy8xswAs1ogiFh2IulWkX2puewXbaGk/rj0Ku1EiOVD37cgXC9hrdhqmjjgpFrrrAQXyvQIW1 +rZ+ll7LPjqZZ5f7jEa3U+2c3XSylFhRBBytibLhde8tILHnBvIDvHkgpO3g9L7mZ8aj8p7yz Asa20BgnJQQwVSKJ1reOh6ioZMGCT7uHvPh5aHOQl7/YHTwYCQLuBJwozyiKnyVC+6wpGPL7I Ccjodu8BP7JrLRWV4c2KO4mJiX6MvFMEV7y7Cgm79sNw0xRO0pwSX5iOKBT7bWmj0oGS850qv sKRMjjkU3GM8Lne8MZUH/e+2VonTH0VEyTlHTy20Qf0ty7SNEJTCCdE6+39ibb2d6UE4lUBeU uE2iFfF1ZVEDgNmMAKKcNJk+cNyL2PQfbtSCXsdquryaW01BLPypFJvNerir3kA9l+ec6jP X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 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: Mon, 16 Aug 2021 17:51:49 -0000 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. Kind regards, Thomas > Regards > Lee