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Asked: 2026-06-01T22:49:32+00:00

1) Run Git Bash (C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe –login) $ ssh -v git@github.com OpenSSH_4.6p1, OpenSSL

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1) Run Git Bash (C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe –login)

$ ssh -v git@github.com
OpenSSH_4.6p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007
debug1: Reading configuration data /c/Users/Alexander Fedorov/.ssh/config
debug1: Applying options for github.com
debug1: Connecting to github.com [207.97.227.239] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
...
Hi xpoft! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.
...

Okay! ssh config reading well.

2) Run from cmd.exe

C:\Users\Alexander Fedorov>ssh.exe -v git@github.com
OpenSSH_4.6p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007
debug1: Connecting to github.com [207.97.227.239] port 22.
...
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
Permission denied (publickey).

Nooo. ssh config file is missing…

How… how read config from ssh.exe?

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  1. Editorial Team

    What is probably missing is the user environment variable HOME.

    If you launch your DOS session from the git-cmd.bat script packaged with msysgit, it should be defined, and you should see %HOME%\.ssh\id_rsa(.pub)

    But from any other DOS windows, HOME isn’t defined by default (HOMEPATH or USERPROFILE are).
    See also “Fix msysGit Portable $HOME location” as an illustration (but you shouldn’t need that workaround with recent versions of msysgit and its git-cmd.bat script)

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