Cannot push to git repository - permission denied
I have a following problem:
$ git push -u origin master
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 already checked the connection doing this:
$ ssh -vT [email protected]
and output looks good, I was correctly authenticated.
While checking further, I noticed that:
$ ssh-add -l
The agent has no identities.
I have tried to run ssh-agent, but nothing changed:
$ ssh-agent
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-A1mhFqvqncuO/agent.766; export SSH_AUTH_SOCK;
SSH_AGENT_PID=767; export SSH_AGENT_PID;
echo Agent pid 767;
$ ssh-add -l
Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.
I am using Arch Linux. Any help would be strong appreciated! Thanks in advance!
Github diagnostic help here.
Solution 1:
I had the similar problem and my problem was solved by running the following command to add my key to the list of known keys:
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Hope it solves yours too. ;)
Solution 2:
You need to do in your console (if you use an a putty ssh client):
-
Generate the keys, if keys not exist:
cd ~/.ssh && ssh-keygen -lf ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
Don't forget password, entered at this step!
-
Output your public key to screen:
cd ~/.ssh && cat id_rsa.pub
Copy this string by click and move a mouse pointer from begin output to end. No need to press Ctrl + V or any more keys.
Log in your account on GitHub and add this public key to https://github.com/settings/ssh
Now you can use your git locally.
Solution 3:
If you haven't already read it, you should look through the GitHub help page for this error:
Error: Permission denied (publickey)
Every time that I've had this problem, it was due to the last issue listed on that page: I didn't have the public key from my current workstation attached to my GitHub account. Of course, GitHub also provides instructions on how to attach your public key to your account.
tl;dr
Make sure your current public key is attached to your GitHub account.
Solution 4:
I don't think this will solve your problem since you tested ssh -vT [email protected]
directly and it worked, but you are using the ssh-agent
improperly. You need to run
$ eval `ssh-agent -s`
Agent pid 767
$ ssh-add -l
The agent has no identities.
This will evaluate the environment export commands and allow your ssh-add
and ssh
commands to communicate with the agent. Alternatively, you can ask the agent to start a shell, terminal, etc. and it will set up the proper environment:
$ ssh-agent bash
$ ssh-add -l
The agent has no identities.
In this case, the shell is running as a child of the ssh-agent
and the agent will shut down when the shell quits.