I have private/public ssh keys for remote git repositories that work as expected in Eclipse IDE for C/C++ V2019-09 to clone a remote git repository and to push updates to the remote repository. In RAD 9.7.0.3, accessing a remote git repository give 'auth fail' error message. Various changes to git configuration files did not resolve the problem. Does RAD 9.7.0.3 even support SSH to remote git repositories? If not, is there an alternative connection configuration that will work?

Resolved this on my own by creating a new public/private using the voted-correct answer here and using RAD instead of Eclipse: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3601805/auth-failed-error-with-egit-and-github

Then add a config file to .ssh directory with the following properties:

Host github.xxx.com

HostName github.xxx.com

IdentityFile C:\xxx\xxxxxxx\.ssh\id_rsa_xxxx (your private key name)

User git

PreferredAuthentications publickey

PasswordAuthentication no

IdentitiesOnly=yes

Steps for connecting to remote git repositories through RAD could be documented better in the RAD documentation.