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Using git through cygwin on windows 8

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Problem

I've got a windows 8 dev preview (not sure if it's relevant, but I never had this hassle on w7) machine and I'm trying to clone a git repo from github. The problem is that my ~/.ssh/id_rsa has 440 permissions and it needs to be 400. I've tried chmodding it but the any changes on the user permission…

Error Output

$ git clone [removed]
Cloning into [removed]...
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
@         WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KE…

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Fix for: Using git through cygwin on windows 8

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There is no Need for an empty group. During the Installation of cygwin all files belong to no group. You can check this by doing an . You will see that no group ("none") is on the files. Just change it to Users: After this you can whatever you like.

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