[SOLVED] why does gitea add ssh and still need a password to log in?

Issue

1. I installed gitea (similar to gitlab)
2. I added a valid public key in user settings -> SSH KEY
3. gitea port 3000

run:

ssh -p 22  -Tvv  git@***.***.***.***  

out:

debug1: Found key in C:\\Users\\client/.ssh/known_hosts:17
debug2: set_newkeys: mode 1
debug1: rekey after 134217728 blocks
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug2: set_newkeys: mode 0
debug1: rekey after 134217728 blocks
debug1: pubkey_prepare: ssh_get_authentication_socket: No such file or directory
debug2: key: C:\\Users\\client/.ssh/id_rsa (000001FBAD96F620)
debug2: key: C:\\Users\\client/.ssh/id_dsa (0000000000000000)
debug2: key: C:\\Users\\client/.ssh/id_ecdsa (0000000000000000)
debug2: key: C:\\Users\\client/.ssh/id_ed25519 (0000000000000000)
debug2: key: C:\\Users\\client/.ssh/id_xmss (0000000000000000)
debug1: SSH2_MSG_EXT_INFO received
debug1: kex_input_ext_info: server-sig-algs=<rsa-sha2-256,rsa-sha2-512>
debug2: service_accept: ssh-userauth
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic,password
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Offering public key: RSA SHA256:W88rhRw****** C:\\Users\\client/.ssh/id_rsa
debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic,password
debug1: Trying private key: C:\\Users\\client/.ssh/id_dsa
debug1: Trying private key: C:\\Users\\client/.ssh/id_ecdsa
debug1: Trying private key: C:\\Users\\client/.ssh/id_ed25519
debug1: Trying private key: C:\\Users\\client/.ssh/id_xmss
debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method
debug1: Next authentication method: password
debug1: read_passphrase: can't open /dev/tty: No such file or directory
git@***.***.***.***'s password:

I really don't understand why?

Before that, gitlab was installed,ssh worked normally, but then gitlab was uninstalled andgitea was installed

may I know what is the reason?

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in server, run: top

 PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND                                                                                                                                                 
 1185 root      20   0  972600 158792  44828 S   0.0  7.7   0:06.96 gitea 

Is there any difference between ssh git@***.***.***.*** and ssh root@***.***.***.***?

Solution

One possible reason SSH would default to asking git password is because:

• the SSH key is passphrase-protected
• the key was not added to an SSH agent

You can test that by generating a simpler SSH key, for testing, without passphrase:

ssh-keygen -t rsa -m PEM -P ""

Answered By - VonC

Answer Checked By - Katrina (WPSolving Volunteer)