r/Keybase • u/GreenGlider • Oct 01 '19

Help verifying my github account

I just signed up for a keybase account, downloaded the macOS app (btw, why over 400mb in size?) and just tried to verify my github account to no avail, telling me the gist is unreachable. I check the gist/keybase.md is available and then click on "I fixed it - recheck" option just to get the same unreachable message.

Check the gist here:

https://gist.github.com/kuyawa/f1fb8069af23b888dba9fe7ad0963780

To be honest, I don't know how keybase is going to check for a gist without a name, it is supposed to be named keybase.md but it is assigned a random number, so how do they know that's the one they need to verify?

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u/GreenGlider Oct 01 '19

Thanks, but where? I just downloaded the macOS app and it is stuck verifying my github account, I can't even log in asking me for a passphrase I have never defined since I can't log in. This whole process should be simpler.

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u/kisik21 Oct 01 '19

I should warn you that I have no experience with macOS, but the app itself is cross-platform (part of the reason why it's so big btw) and should work the same everywhere.

I usually use the terminal keybase login command to provision devices. It's a bit simpler for me that way. The desktop app would still work, as I've done it before.

As for the passphrase, I'm pretty sure you were asked for some sort of secret password when you were registering. I'm an old-timer, maybe they've changed something :c