I decided to give Reborn a run to see how it stacks up to ArcoLinux and Garuda, and so far so good with Plasma on x11. I’ve run into one issue and that is when I went to use git clone I was asked for my Github username and password. That should not be happening. The system should just be downloading and saving the files without me having to enter my Github account information. Matter of fact that feature was end by Github in 2021, so why it’s in Reborn is beyond me. Can someone please walk me through how to fix it? Thanks
Hi @CummingCowGirl ,
Is the repository private?
GitHub started requiring two factor authentication for accounts, so unless you have an SSH key setup on your local machine and added to your GitHub organization account to access it (including your personal org), Github will require account information on all platforms (any Linux distro, BSD, MacOS, or Windows) to clone private repositories.
If it is not sensitive information, could you post the GitHub repository path and the specific command you used to clone it, so that the problem can be diagnosed?
I have install countless Linux distros and never been asked for my Github credentials when simply using git clone. I just installed AccroLinux, CachyOS, and a test ISO for Garuda and not one of them ask for my GitHub Credentials. As fo being a private repository no it’s open to EVERYONE. This is the repo I was trying to install. Should of been a simple matter of entering the below in Konsole, pressing enter, watch it download, and navigate to it’s script folder and run run the one command. Instead in Reborn I ended up having to download the zip, extract it, and then open a terminal and run the command.
git clone GitHub - arcolinux/arcolinux-spices
sudo ./get-the-keys-and-repos.sh
@CummingCowGirl I am on RebornOS too and I do not get such a prompt. Would you be able to share the full output of your command(s)? Here is mine:
shivanandvp@shivanandvp-toshibasatellite on Data/Development/Misc
> cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID="RebornOS"
DISTRIB_RELEASE="rolling"
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="RebornOS Linux"
shivanandvp@shivanandvp-toshibasatellite on Data/Development/Misc
> git clone https://github.com/arcolinux/arcolinux-spices
Cloning into 'arcolinux-spices'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 568, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (136/136), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (103/103), done.
remote: Total 568 (delta 52), reused 105 (delta 32), pack-reused 432
Receiving objects: 100% (568/568), 6.23 MiB | 1.05 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (200/200), done.
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OK just tested and get the below. All I can think of is when I first launched Firefox I couldn’t copy the commands so I hand-typed them into Konsole so maybe I typed something wrong and it made Github or the system ask for my credentials. Thanks for attempting to help, looks like mystery solved.
Cloning into 'arcolinux-spices'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 568, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (136/136), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (103/103), done.
remote: Total 568 (delta 52), reused 105 (delta 32), pack-reused 432
Receiving objects: 100% (568/568), 6.23 MiB | 40.61 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (200/200), done.
Glad this is resolved.
Just for your information, pasting to a terminal usually works with the shortcut Ctrl Shift V and copying from a terminal usually works with the shortcut Ctrl Shift C.
Yea but one thing witrh Firefox is sometimes on first use you can’t copy from any page. It goes away pretty quickly, but happens none the less.