[python-committers] PSA: replace your DSA keys for SSH

[Brett Cannon]

I personally know Terry's key has not been installed yet. You will always
get a reply email from whomever installs your new key that it was done and
that you should test it.

This manual key management is yet another reason why we are going to get a
new development process *somehow* in 2016.

On Thu, 8 Oct 2015 at 10:19 Tim Peters <tim.peters at gmail.com> wrote:

> [Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>, on SSH keys]
> > I sent a new one about 11 hours ago.  I am still getting
> > Putty Fatal Error
> > Disconnected: No supported authentication methods available
> > (server sent: publickey)
> >
> > Is anyone tending the mail box, or do I have to do something else?
>
> My new one got installed about 11 hours ago, so someone is watching
> sometimes ;-)
>
> Alas, SSH-related error messages are atrocious.  Two things to check
> on your end:
>
> 1. Make sure Pageant has loaded your new key.
>
> 2. Make sure your `ssh` alias (probably set in your Mecurial.ini) also
>    specifies your new key file.
>
> For #2, here's what's in my Merurial.ini now:
>
> ssh = "C:\Program Files\TortoiseHg\lib\TortoisePlink.exe" -ssh -2 -C
> -i C:\Code\.ssh\newkey.ppk
>
> Screw up anything on either end, and you get the same useless error
> message :-(
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