[SOLVED] When pushing to GitHub in IDEA, it needs input SSH password login

Issue

I have gen a key with ssh-keygen and added it to GitHub, but when I push to GitHub in idea, it needs input the SSH password to login.

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I want ask what the code is and why it needs me to input the password or whether there are solutions to solve this problem.

This problem has bothered me for a long time and thanks for you answer!

Solution

Check first if your private key is encrypted: the password to enter would then be the passphrase you used when ssh-keygen the key.

If you are on Windows, as shown in issue IDEA-90356, make sure your User environment variables include a HOME set to %USERPROFILE%.

Check also that ssh -Tv [email protected] works (meaning it ends with a welcome message: "Hi username! You've successfully authenticated...")

The OP Neil confirms in the comments

This is because my computer lacks the ssh config file.
After I added the relevant configuration file in the ssh folder according to the online tutorial, I can now successfully push and pull.

Neil added the following ~/.ssh/config

#fileContent: 
Host github.com 
  identityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa #your private key file，need to be delete
Host github.com 
  Hostname ssh.github.com 
  Port 443 
  User git 

Answered By - VonC

Answer Checked By - Mildred Charles (WPSolving Admin)