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SOLVED: Eclipse keeps asking for passphrase (even when entered) [message #1462262]

Wed, 05 November 2014 11:36

Martijn vE

Messages: 2
Registered: November 2014
Location: Netherlands

Junior Member

I set up Eclipse with git over SSH a while ago. I use public key authorization and stored the Passphrase in the Secure Storage. From that moment on I only had to enter the Secure Storage once every session and could push and pull without any further questions for my passphrase.

Yesterday the remote repository was moved to a different server. I forgot to add my public key to the authorized keys on the server so I could not log in at first. So I added the key again on the server, but now I keep getting a popup window saying:
"Provide information for ssh://user@server:22
Passphrase for /home/martijn/.ssh/id_rsa"

(Of course user and server are an actual username and hostname.)

If I enter the correct passphrase, I get the same window again, and again, and again.....
If I click cancel, I get either the question to enter the password for the Secure Storage (if it's the first time in the session) or the Push/Pull action is executed.

So I can work on by just clicking cancel every time, but my questions are: why am I gettting this popup and how can I get rid of it.

Eclipse version: 3.7.2
Egit version: 1.3

Thanks in advance for any help

[Updated on: Wed, 05 November 2014 14:44]

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Re: Eclipse keeps asking for passphrase (even when entered) [message #1462342 is a reply to message #1462262]

Wed, 05 November 2014 13:27

Matthias Sohn

Messages: 1268
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

EGit 1.3 is no longer maintained, the latest EGit release is 3.5.1 and can be installed from http://download.eclipse.org/egit/updates

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Re: Eclipse keeps asking for passphrase (even when entered) [message #1462403 is a reply to message #1462342]

Wed, 05 November 2014 14:43

Martijn vE

Messages: 2
Registered: November 2014
Location: Netherlands

Junior Member

I was unable to install Egit 3.5 in Indigo. So I had to move from the Ubuntu 12.04 respository version to a manual installation. I now have Luna with Egit 3.5.

I still get the popup, but when I now enter my password it works and I don't have to enter it again. But I don't get the Secure Storage password window either.

Anyway, this works for me. I just hope Luna isn't buggier than the Indigo I had before. I'm not really fond of Java applications anyway, but there's no serious (free) alternative to Eclipse as far as I can tell.

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