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In the paragraph that starts: "Beginning August 13, 2021" there is a link "such as a personal access token". Clicking it goes to a page about how to authentica
by pwg 6y ago
In the paragraph that starts: "Beginning August 13, 2021" there is a link "such as a personal access token".
Clicking it goes to a page about how to authenticate. One of the options is:
Connecting over SSH
If you clone with SSH, you must generate SSH keys on each computer you use to push or pull from GitHub.
So just generate some ssh keys and setup ssh auth and you should be able to continue using the command line to push/pull from github.
- wnoise 6y ago> If you clone with SSH, you must generate SSH keys on each computer you use to push or pull from GitHub. Or, of course, copy the keys.
- rovr138 6y agoDepends on the computer and their needs. There are definitely computers I wouldn’t put my key on and would prefer a new one and uploading that one.
- hedora 6y agossh-agent works well for many of those use cases.
- wnoise 6y agoOnce done with whatever task requires it, do you then immediately revoke access by that key? Having two keys with the same access means you still have a key on that questionable system that can do the same things, and exactly the same security concerns.
- rovr138 6y agoUsually, yes. It’s usually when I’m working on a computer I don’t control root on. No idea what’s running there. So just create a disposable key, add it, do whatever I need then I can just revoke access to whatever that key had access to.