[Buildroot] Git authentication

Bjørn Forsman bjorn.forsman at gmail.com
Wed Dec 28 10:26:54 UTC 2011


On 28 December 2011 10:10, Janne Hämeenaho <jannehameenaho at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use Buildroot in my project that uses three repositories on the same
> server. Thing is, when I launch Buildroot 'make', at some point I need to
> type my username and password, twice. That is annoying since I basically
> have to watch my build to make it finish at some point.
>
> A question is, can I somehow make Buildroot to know my git password and
> username? If there's any solution other than Buildroot related, please let
> me know.

The solution is public-key based authentication (password-less ssh).
Minimal instructions:

$ ssh-keygen
$ ssh-copy-id myserver

Now you should be able to log into myserver without a password.

Best regards,
Bjørn Forsman


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