HTTP Basic: Access denied fatal: Authentication failed

I use GitLab Community Edition 9.1.3 2e4e522 on Windows 10 Pro x64. With Git client.

Error

Cloning into 'project_name'...
remote: HTTP Basic: Access denied
fatal: Authentication failed for 'http://[email protected]/my_user_name/project_name.git/'

How to fix it?

Solution 1:

Open CMD (Run as administrator) type command:

git config --system --unset credential.helper

then enter new password for Git remote server.

Solution 2:

Im my case i was using Git Credential Manager for Windows (it was installed by default, I didn't install it manually)

Credentials Manager had saved my old password but i changed it lately.

If you are in the same conditions, to solve this problem: Go to Control Panel -> Credentials Manager and delete git account. After that it will ask you again for the credentials.

Solution 3:

For my case, I initially tried with

git config --system --unset credential.helper

But I was getting error

error: could not lock config file C:/Program Files/Git/etc/gitconfig: Permission denied

Then tried with

git config --global --unset credential.helper

No error, but still got access denied error while git pulling.

Then went to Control Panel -> Credentials Manager > Windows Credential and deleted git account.

After that when I tried git pull again, it asked for the credentials and a new git account added in Credentails manager.

Solution 4:

i coped with same error and my suggestion are:

1. Start with try build another user in git lab
2. Recheck username & password (although it sounds obvious)
3. Validate the windows credential (start -> "cred")
4. Copy & paste same URL like you get from git lab, the struct should be:

http://{srvName}/{userInGitLab}/{Repository.git} no '/' at the end

5. Recheck the authorization in GitLab
6. Give an attention to case sensitive

Hope one of the above will solve it.