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Posted by Dongju Seo
Dongju Seo
2,339 Points

I got 'permission denied(publickey)' when I typed 'git push origin master'!

Here's the error message on cmd[Windows7] git push origin master Permission denied (publickey). fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

I had deleted and recreated Ruby on Rails, and received that error. I guess it was caused by the difference of my old public SSH key.. Please help me! I'd greatly appreciate your help! thanks!

PS. [after I deleted my previous .ssh folder, it automatically recreated a new RSA key. and I still could not access...]

c:\Projects\treebook>git push -u origin master The authenticity of host 'github.com (207.97.227.239)' can't be established. RSA key fingerprint is 16:27:ac:a5:76:28:2d:36:63:1b:56:4d:eb:df:a6:48. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes Warning: Permanently added 'github.com,207.97.227.239' (RSA) to the list of know n hosts. Permission denied (publickey). fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists.

3 Answers

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Try removing the local repo and re-adding it:

git remote rm origin git remote add origin <remote url>

source: http://kirk.vangorkom.org/github-permission-denied-publickey-error-work/

Dongju Seo
Dongju Seo
2,339 Points

Oh O.o I deleted the local repo and followed your instruction, but still I am stuck here.

c:\Projects\treebook>git remote remove origin

c:\Projects\treebook>git remote add origin git@github.com:geekerati/treebook.git

c:\Projects\treebook>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.

Dongju Seo
Dongju Seo
2,339 Points

I solved this problem by using the https url, 'https://github.com/geekerati/treebook.git', not with 'git@github.com:geekerati/treebook.git'. it's weird .. O.o;; but Thanks!

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Dongju Seo - The SSH method of pushing/cloning repos has been depreciated.

Github now recommends you always use the HTTPS method that you used. That way you don't to configure SSH keys thus removing that layer of complexity.

Chad Shores
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Chad Shores
Courses Plus Student 8,868 Points
Chad Shores
Chad Shores
Courses Plus Student 8,868 Points

Have you run heroku keys:add in the console yet? That solved it for me when I had the same issue.

Ashley Bennett
Ashley Bennett
2,307 Points
Ashley Bennett
Ashley Bennett
2,307 Points

I am having the same issue and I tried to use the command

git remote rm origin git remote add origin <remote url>

,but it tells me

the syntax of the command is incorrect

I also tried git remote add origin using the https method, but I keep getting the same results and it also tells me that the remote origin already exists.

Can anyone suggest what I should do at this point?

Dongju Seo
Dongju Seo
2,339 Points

What is the same issue exactly? Can you show me what you were trying to achieve and the errors?

Please write your question on the forum and provides me the link.

Ashley Bennett
Ashley Bennett
2,307 Points

I was following along with the video and I was trying to push treebook to github when I received

"Permission denied (publickey). fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists."

I tried the solution listed in this forum and it did not work.

I tried git remote rm origin git remote add origin <remote url>

and I received "usage: git remote remove <name>".

I then tried "git remote add orgin <remote url>"

and I received "fatal: remote origin already exists".

When I tried "git push -u origin master"

I received "permission denied (public key) fatal: could not read from remote repository"

Dongju Seo
Dongju Seo
2,339 Points

The command, "git remote rm origin git remote add origin" is not correct. Try this to delete your remote origin key, "git remote remove origin" Then conduct this command too to readd your remote origin key, "git remote add origin 'your git https url'"

let me know whether you have solved that issue or still remained.

Ashley Bennett
Ashley Bennett
2,307 Points

I am still having the same issue. Here is a link that has a screenshot of what I am getting

http://postimg.org/image/kondib9ip/

Dongju Seo
Dongju Seo
2,339 Points

Pleas follow below them again..

git init git remote remove origin git remote add origin 'your git https url' git push -u origin master

If this does fail again, follow this link here https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys#platform-windows

Ashley Bennett
Ashley Bennett
2,307 Points

Thanks Dongju,

I finally got it to work when I typed "git remote add origin https://github.com/username/treebook" and then I typed "git push -u heroku master".

I think the problem was that I used "git remote add origin https://github.com/username/treebook.git"

Dongju Seo
Dongju Seo
2,339 Points

Yay! I am glad that you got it work! 'git remote add origin' is not the cause of the error. I think the cause was you typed a different username. When you created a user, your user was not 'origin'.