SSH authentication with gitfn_clone (SAS function)

Question

I'm looking to set up a batch process using a github deploy key.

Registering a key using any of the following:

ssh-keygen
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -E sha512

And running the following code:

%let dirOut = %sysfunc(pathname(work))/package;
data _null_;
  rc=GITFN_CLONE(
    "git@github.com:allanbowe/sasjscore.git",
    "&dirOut",
    "git",
    "",
    "/home/sasjssrv/.ssh/id_rsa.pub",
    "/home/sasjssrv/.ssh/id_rsa"
  );
  put rc=;
run;

Results in:

ERROR: Return code from GIT is (23). ERROR: You're using an RSA key with SHA-1, which is no longer allowed. Please use a newer client or a different key type. Please see https://github.blog/2021-09-01-improving-git-protocol-security-github/ for more information.

The following algorithms:

ssh-keygen -t ecdsa -b 521
ssh-keygen -t ed25519
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "mygithubemail@provider.com"
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048 -E sha512

Return -3 from gitfn_clone() with the following message:

ERROR: Failed to authenticate with the remote repository.

A regular git clone works fine with ALL of the keys:

git clone git@github.com:allanbowe/sasjscore.git
Cloning into 'sasjscore'...
warning: You appear to have cloned an empty repository.

I also tried with git_clone() (after noticing gitfn_clone() was deprecated) but, same result.

Any ideas?

55         %put %sysfunc(GIT_VERSION()) &=sysvlong &=sysscp;
0.27 SYSVLONG=9.04.01M7P080520 SYSSCP=LIN X64

Running Centos 7 as described here.

Allan Bowe · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-19T16:43:38.530

The issue is the use of an older version of GIT in 9.4m7. This should be fixed in 9.4m8, and is already fixed in Viya 4.

Thanks to the support of several internal SAS employees (you know who you are!) I can document TWO steps to address.

The first - to fix in m7 - just apply the following two hotfixes:

Then, regenerate using an appropriate cypher, eg: ssh-keygen -t ecdsa -b 521 and add that public key to github.

The second approach, which I didn't get round to trying as it would have meant creating a new github account, was to use OpenAuth Access Tokens. More information on that here and here.

Many thanks, Danny / Alexey / David!

EDIT - further to @joe's comment, I provide the logs from the hotfixes (/opt/sas9/SASHome/InstallMisc/InstallLogs):

base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R087_en_Install_preexec.log:

Installation Date 17/10/22 15:36 / User ID sasinstaller / IP Address 44.44.44.44 / Host CentOS-79-64-minimal

Skipped Files
There were no files to be processed.

Added Files
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/libssh2.so.1.0.1
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/libssh2.so

Backup Files
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R087/SASHome/en/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/libssh2.so.1

Changed Files
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/libssh2.so.1

Removed Files
There were no files to be processed.

base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R087_en_Install_postexec.log:

Installation Date 17/10/22 15:37 / User ID sasinstaller / IP Address 44.44.44.44 / Host CentOS-79-64-minimal

Added Files
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/libssh2.so.1.0.1
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/libssh2.so

Backup Files
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R087/SASHome/en/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/libssh2.so.1

Changed Files
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/libssh2.so.1
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasv9.cfg

Removed Files
There were no files to be processed.

base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R088_en_Install_preexec.log :

Installation Date 17/10/22 15:36 / User ID sasinstaller / IP Address 44.44.44.44 / Host CentOS-79-64-minimal

Skipped Files
There were no files to be processed.

Added Files
There were no files to be processed.

Backup Files
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R088/SASHome/en/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugitfn
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R088/SASHome/en/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_f
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R088/SASHome/en/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_v
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R088/SASHome/en/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_i
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R088/SASHome/en/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_c
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R088/SASHome/en/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_s
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R088/SASHome/en/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_b
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R088/SASHome/en/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_r
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R088/SASHome/en/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_d
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R088/SASHome/en/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_p

Changed Files
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugitfn
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_f
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_v
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_i
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_c
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_s
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_b
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_r
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_d
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_p

Removed Files
There were no files to be processed.

And /opt/sas9/SASHome/InstallMisc/InstallLogs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R088_en_Install_postexec.log:

Installation Date 17/10/22 15:37 / User ID sasinstaller / IP Address 44.44.44.44 / Host CentOS-79-64-minimal

Added Files
There were no files to be processed.

Backup Files
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R088/SASHome/en/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugitfn
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R088/SASHome/en/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_f
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R088/SASHome/en/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_v
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R088/SASHome/en/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_i
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R088/SASHome/en/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_c
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R088/SASHome/en/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_s
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R088/SASHome/en/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_b
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R088/SASHome/en/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_r
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R088/SASHome/en/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_d
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R088/SASHome/en/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_p

Changed Files
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugitfn
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_f
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_v
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_i
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_c
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_s
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_b
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_r
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_d
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/uwugit_p
/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasv9.cfg

Removed Files
There were no files to be processed.

After searching a bit harder I found this (showing only the extract due to log size) in file IT_2022-10-17-16.17.52.log:

2022-10-17 16:22:43    Controller - Marshalling deployment.xml to /opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R005/Metadata/en/deployment.xml
2022-10-17 16:22:43    InstallationTask - All constrainBy tests met: true
2022-10-17 16:22:43    EntryData - backed up /opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/libgit2.so to /opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R005/SASHome/en/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/libgit2.so
2022-10-17 16:22:43    InstallationTask - sasexe/libgit2.so (0 bytes) has been successfully Backed up
2022-10-17 16:22:43    InstallationTask - sasexe/libgit2.so (1180370 bytes) has been successfully Changed
2022-10-17 16:22:43    ExtractTask - Created uninstall zip metadata at /opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/installs/base_lax_9.4_M7_HFI9R005/Metadata/en/en_sasexe.xml

So - it would seem, the answer is yes!

EDIT 2 - further feedback (thanks, Sundaresh) has shown that the -m PEM option can avoid the git (23) error, eg:

ssh-keygen -t ecdsa -b 256 -m PEM -C "you@mail.com"

Did they upgrade the version of libgit2 behind the scenes? Or something more? — Joe, Oct 17 '22 at 17:21

SSH authentication with gitfn_clone (SAS function)

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