Github - permission denied to old account - linux

Problem faced:
I cannot git push to my repo, error message:
remote: Permission to fishercoder1534/Leetcode.git denied to MY_OLD_GITHUB_ACCOUNT
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/fishercoder1534/Leetcode.git/':
The requested URL returned error: 403`
Research I have done:
looking at this post, I have all these correctly pointing to my new github account:
git config --global user.name "NewAccountFirstname NewAccountLastname"
git config --global user.email "my_new_github_account_email#gmail.com"
I have deleted my old ssh keys, generated new ssh keys, placed them under ~/.ssh/, also add them into my new Github account.
I have created a ~/.ssh/config file with the following contents as suggested by the above post:
Host github.com
User git
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa # wherever your "new" key lives
IdentitiesOnly yes
I have run $ssh -vT git#github.com which all shows my new Github account info. Hi fishercoder1534! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.
I have run $ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -vT git#github.com, it's also showing my new Github info, with Hi fishercoder1534! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.
What's next option to try/help?

An https url (https://github.com/fishercoder1534/Leetcode.git) means that every settings you have done for ssh doesn't matter.
And user.name/user.email have nothing to do with a Git repo server authentication.
Check if you have cached your https github.com credentials in a credential manager with git credential.helper:
git config credential.helper
That would explain why your old account keeps being used.
For osxkeychain, you can update your account
Or, of course, you can switch to an ssh url:
git remote set-url origin git#github.com:fishercoder1534/Leetcode.git

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How to clone remote git repository through jenkins

I have installed git in the Linux server(Server1) and created a remote git repository in that server1 Now I need to clone the git repository to server2 through Jenkins so I installed Jenkins in the server2, Now Jenkins was hosted in server2.
In Jenkins I have created a freestyle project, In the Repository URL section, I entered the URL of git repo like: git#<server1_ip>:/opt/dev/repo/pals/ui.git
For authentication, I have tried each credential one by one given below:
git repo username and password
git repo username and SSH Private key
Jenkins username and password
Jenkins username and SSH Private key
But I am facing the below error:
Repository URL
git#<server1_ip>:/opt/dev/repo/pals/ui.git
Failed to connect to repository : Command "git ls-remote -h -- git#<server1_ip>:/opt/dev/repo/pals/ui.git HEAD" returned status code 128: stdout: stderr: Permission denied, please try again. Permission denied, please try again. git#<server1_ip>: Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic,password). fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists.
git#<server1_ip>:/opt/dev/repo/pals/ui.git
That is an SSH URL, which means you need to:
register the private key in Jenkins server2 using the Jenkins SSH Credential plugin (try a passphrase-less key, to avoid any issue with SSH agent, for testing)
make sure server1:~git/.ssh/authorized_key has the public key in it.
On server2, you can at least test ssh -i /path/to/private/key git#server1 to make sure that works first. Then test from Jenkins.

Git clone with ssh works in Linux but not in Windows PowerShell

I have a repo at GitHub. When cloning it in Linux using ssh it works fine:
> git clone git#github.com:henrikppersson74/frokenjennnie.git
Cloning into 'frokenjennnie'...
Enter passphrase for key '/home/----/.ssh/id_rsa':
.
.
Reinitialized existing Git repository in /home/*
When doing the same thing in Windows PowerShell it doesn't work:
> git clone git#github.com:henrikppersson74/frokenjennnie.git
Cloning into 'frokenjennnie'...
git#github.com: Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
I have copied my private and public SSH keys from Linux to my Windows machine and they are stored in my ~/.ssh/ as id_rsa and id_rsa.pub.
It seems to work when I try to access github.com with ssh from PowerShell:
> ssh git#github.com
Enter passphrase for key 'C:\Users\-----/\.ssh\id_rsa':
PTY allocation request failed on channel 0
Hi henrikppersson74! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.
Connection to github.com closed.
This is the same answer I get when doing this in Linux. I guess this means the my SSH-key par is ok?
When working in Eclipse in Windows, using the "Git Repositories" view it works fine to clone the same repo.
Previously I created new SSH keys in the PowerShell and copied the public one to GitHub, but with the same result.
My ~/.ssh/config file lookes like this:
Host github.com
HostName github.com
IdentityFile ~\.ssh\id_rsa
User git
ForwardAgent yes
I am using Git version:
> git --version
git version 2.28.0.windows.1
Unfortunately I get no extra information from using the --verbose flag:
> git clone git#github.com:henrikppersson74/frokenjennnie.git --verbose
Cloning into 'frokenjennnie'...
git#github.com: Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
It doesn't help to add the key to the ssh-agent:
> ssh-add C:\Users\-----\.ssh\id_rsa
Enter passphrase for C:\Users\-----\.ssh\id_rsa:
Identity added: C:\Users\------\.ssh\id_rsa (C:\Users\-----\.ssh\id_rsa)
> git clone git#github.com:henrikppersson74/frokenjennnie.git --verbose
Cloning into 'frokenjennnie'...
git#github.com: Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
Could my old keys be cashed somewhere?
Does anyone have any idea about why I am not able to clone my repo in Windows PowerShell? I would be so grateful for some help.
The problem was that my %HOME% environment variable was set to the wrong location. When I changed it back to C:\Users\<userid> it worked like charm. Apparently SSH first looks for a key in %HOME%\.ssh\, then for en entry in %HOME%\.ssh\config\ and last it uses the keys added to the ssh-agent.

git#gitlab.com: Permission denied (publickey). fatal: Could not read from remote repository

I am using macOS Catalina. I already have a repository on GitLab and an SSH-key assigned. Now I want to create another repository from the terminal. I do the following:
git config user.name my_name
git config user.email my_email
git init
Then I get this:
Initialized empty Git repository in directory
So far so good.
git remote add origin git#gitlab.com:my_name/repo.git
git add .
git commit -m 'commit'
git push -u origin master
Then I get the following error:
git#gitlab.com: Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
Then I go to the repository I already had and try to push there, everything works so I guess I don't have a problem with SSH-key. I know this is a very common question on the internet but none of the answers solved my problem.
First, you should get "Initialized empty Git repository in directory" only after a git init ., not after a git remote add origin ...
Second, with GitLab, you can push to create a new project, as illustrated in this MR, starting with GitLab 10.5 (Q1 2018)
Third, if the error persists, then the key is somehow at fault.
Test it with:
ssh -Tv git#gitlab.com
Also
git -c core.sshCommand="ssh -v" push -u origin master
To generate a valid key:
ssh-keygen -t rsa -P "" -m PEM
And register your new id_rsa.pub to your GitLab profile.
I tried all the above mentioned solutions but none of it worked. I then read the logs and found that it is looking for the key in a specific folder and I created the key and added it to my Gitlab profile too. Then it started working.
Git authentication issue can be solved by reading the logs of the git and creating appropriate SSH keys under appropriate folders.
Steps
Run the following command and it will try to push the code and if it not successful then it will display where the error is
git -c core.sshCommand="ssh -v" push -u origin master
Now, we can generate a new SSH key and the following command will generate a key in the working folder.
ssh-keygen -t rsa -P "" -m PEM
It will ask for key name, you can give id_rsa as the key name or any name which the Bash displays as "Trying private key: c:/Users/Dell/.ssh/".
Once the key is generated in bash, your working directory will have the key.
While running the command in step1, you will see that the folder in which it is looking for a private key. In my case it is "c:/Users/Dell/.ssh/id_rsa"
We should put the generated keys from the working folder into this folder
 
We should also make sure that we add our SSH Key to the Gitlab account.
Click on your Gitlab account MyProfile and select preferences.
Click to see how to add SSH to your Gitlab account
 
Click the SSH keys menu, open the generated key file using notepad and copy the content of the key from notepad and paste it in the SSH key text editor and save it .
Click to see how to add SSH Key to your Gitlab account
Again, run the following command and check now. The code will be pushed.
git -c core.sshCommand="ssh -v" push -u origin master
the code will be pushed.
The same issue happened.
I used HTTPS instead of SSH
(I followed the instruction steps after creating repo in GitLab but that cause a Permission issue. It's is because of ssh pub key to upload)
These steps work without using SSH
Create a repository/project in GitLab
I removed .git (that caused permission issue in previous. For to start with fresh)
git config --global user.name "user_name"
git config --global user.email "user.email#gmail.com"
git init .
git remote add origin https://gitlab.com/user.account/user_project.git
git add . and git commit -m "initial commit"
git push -u origin master
It will ask username and password. Then fixed.

Git remote pull using GitHub deployment keys - Permission Denied

I have done the following steps to setup ssh deployment keys with our git repo for it to be able to git pull without a username and password:
Note: I am on AWS EC2 / Ubuntu 14.04.3
Run ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "ownersEmail#gmail.com" these are then saved as id_rsa and id_rsa.pub in ~/.ssh/
The deployment public key (id_rsa.pub) is added on the GitHub online UI in the deployment keys section
The directory is already cloned in /var/www/ directory, this is working all good via HTTPS for pulling
Try sudo git pull git#github.com:ownersUsername/OurRepo.git and get the following error
Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
Another Note: This repository is private under another users account.
Also, when I try ssh git#github.com I get:
Hi userName/Repo! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.
Connection to github.com closed.
And the deployment key comes up as being used. Have been on this issue for greater than 4 hours now and any would would be very much appreciated, thanks.
The problem is you're using sudo, which runs the command as root, and it will try to use the root's keys not your user's keys.
What you want to do is:
give your user/group write access to /var/www
run the pull/clone as the user, not the root user.
When you do a git pull you don't need the link.
git pull <remote> <branch>
You need the full url for the clone command
sudo git clone git#github.com:ownersUsername/OurRepo.git
To test if your ssh key is good use this:
git fetch --all --prune

git clone using ssh failed in Windows due to permission issue

I have created a new GIT repository in my server at /home/myuser/.git/project.git.
I found ssh key for git from C:\Users\Toshiba\.ssh\github_rsa.pub & appended with server's authorized_keys file.
when i try to do git clone using ssh it fails as below.
$ git clone ssh://myuser#mysite.net:2888/home/myuser/.git/project.git
Cloning into 'project'...
Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
Could you please help me in resolving this issue.
If your public/private key doesn't have the standard name C:\Users\Toshiba\.ssh\id_rsa(.pub), but C:\Users\Toshiba\.ssh\github_rsa.pub, then you need an ssh config file
Host mysite
Hostname mysite.net
User myuser
Port 2888
IdentityFile C:\Users\Toshiba\.ssh\github_rsa.pub
That would allow you to do
git clone mysite:/home/myuser/.git/project.git
Test it first wih ssh -Tvvv mysite, and then ssh mysite ls.
Make sure the environment variable %HOME% is defined to C:\Users\Toshiba
You have another example in "SSH error on push to an existing project Permission denied (publickey)"

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