SSH GIT Clone with Private and Public Keys

Question

I was given the following details to clone a git repository from a server.

• Address: xx.xxx.xxx.xxx
• Port: xx

• User: user

  -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED

DEK-Info: AES-128-CBC,F1447CCDBBC8B2BCF6D12D0AAE5B96D7

TVuVfjbsoO+eimi6TmFJqwyjIWzUapZH8R17ddXAdl9Gpflvwmfhd7l8v1NkOFu2

-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

ssh-rsa

AAAAB3NzgvhjkljhgvEq9nFJR+Dqs/Uq0F0qJQYpwEBTe7rkerGFS1hJalu6d

8KpklV9G4P GXNY2mBNWwwnWvtiHXw0VGfJO6x6LFhf0Ss7ZM5RDyH9CNR5vrxzM7LWjCAcHi6X5HhgEABpsi1SG

uubyZYIJYggEP84sqEtVzMTLWJkw==

cxxx@gvhhh.com

and a passphrase.

My Action are as follows on a Mac Yosemite; Added the private key to a file named file_rsa Added the Public key to a file name file_rsa.pub.

I did a ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/file_rsa

but it asked for passphrase which I added, but kept getting "Bad Passphrase" Then I did a git clone user@xx.xxx.xxx.xxx/file.git

I keep getting permission error.

What could possible be wrong?

Answer 1

make sure your passphrase is correct. you can do this by following this answer.

Here is an extract of what you can do to check if your passphrase is correct:

ssh-keygen -y will challenge you for the passphrase (if there is one).

If you input the correct passphrase, it will show you the associated public key.
If you input the wrong passphrase, it will display load failed.