Question

i just started a Git tutorial and I get to a deadend: I try to generate a rsa key part and it fails.
I did this, in git bash:

ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "[e-mail]"

And i got this:

Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/c/Users/Eva/.ssh/id_rsa):
enter passphrase:
enter same passphrase again:
open /c/Users/Eva/.ssh/id_rsa failed: no such file or directory.
Saving the key failed:/c/Users/Eva/.ssh/id_rsa.

I tried to save in a different folder and it went OK. but now i do the command ssh -T [e-mail] and it gives me the error permisson denied (publickey).

Answer 1

If you prefer to use a GUI to create the keys

1. Use Putty Gen to generate a key
2. Export the key as an open SSH key
3. As mentioned by @VonC create the .ssh directory and then you can drop the private and public keys in there
4. Or use a GUI program (like Tortoise Git) to use the SSH keys

For a walkthrough on putty gen for the above steps, please see http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_create_and_use_public_keys_with_ssh.html