Netbeans, git, reject hostKey?

Question

I'm currently trying to get Netbeans with the Git plugin working. If I want to clone my git repository from within Netbeans I get the error message: reject hostKey: [repository url] and the cloning aborts.

What does this mean and how do I fix it?

Answer 1

You need to check what user is running NetBeans, and then make sure your ssh private and public keys (id_rsa and id_rsa.pub) are in the associated HOME/.ssh of that user.

Note that on Windows, HOME isn't defined by default, so you need to set that variable before running Netbeans.