Pushing to Git returning Error Code 403 fatal: HTTP request failed

Question

I was able to clone a copy of this repo over HTTPS authenticated. I\'ve made some commits and want to push back out to the GitHub server. Using Cygwin on Windows 7 x64.

Answer 1

To definitely be able to login using https protocol, you should first set your authentication credential to the git Remote URI:

git remote set-url origin https://yourusername@github.com/user/repo.git

Then you'll be asked for a password when trying to git push.

In fact, this is on the http authentication format. You could set a password too:

https://youruser:password@github.com/user/repo.git

You should be aware that if you do this, your github password will be stored in plaintext in your .git directory, which is obviously undesirable.

Answer 2

One small addition to Sean's answer.

Instead of editing .git/config file manually, you can use git remote set-url command.

In your case it should be:

git remote set-url origin ssh://git@github.com/derekerdmann/lunch_call.git

I find it easier and cleaner, than messing around with dot-files.

• help.github.com: Changing a remote's URL

Answer 3

A 403 code is "Forbidden". The server saw your request and refused it. Do you have permission to push to that repository?

Answer 4

Same error and resolution on Mac OS X.

Everything was working fine till I created a new account on GitHub and tried to push

$ git push -u origin master

And got the error:

remote: Permission to NEWUSER/NEWREPO.git denied to OLDUSER. fatal: unable to access ‘https://github.com/NEWUSER/NEWREPO.git/': The requested URL returned error: 403

It should have fixed by setting the user.name either for global or current repo

$ git config –-global user.name NEWUSER
$ git config user.name NEWUSER

But it didn’t.

I got it fixed by deleting the OLDUSER associated with GitHub from Keychain Access app under Passwords section. Then the push command went successful.

$ git push -u origin master

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Answer 5

For those having permission denied 403 error while using ssh(according to Xiao) or http urls try these commands

>git config --global --unset-all credential.helper

>git config --unset-all credential.helper

with administrator rights

>git config --system --unset-all credential.helper

Answer 6

I think @deepwaters got the answer correct for older versions. The HTTPS URL needs to have the username. I had git 1.7.0.4 and git push origin master wouldn't even ask for a password till I added it.