Git: Permission denied (publickey) fatal - Could not read from remote repository. while cloning Git repository

Question

I am unable to clone a Git repository, and getting this error:

krishna.soni@KRISHNACHANDRAS /c/Projects $ git clone http://stage.abc.com:10088/pqr
http://<         


        

Answer 1

I've had this issue on a Mac - while I setup SSH correctly to access my Git repository, after restart (and some time the Mac was on a standoff), all my credentials were removed. Apparently, for some reason the pub key was set to 644 which caused it to be removed from the keychain. To readd:

• chmod 600 the public key
• ssh-add ~/.ssh/[your private key] - this should display that identity has been added. The key file you want is the one without the .pub extension.
• ssh-add -l should show you newly added identity

edit: apparently MacOS has tendency of removing keys - after downloading the High Sierra update (but I've not installed it yet) my key has been removed and I've had to add it again via ssh-add

Answer 2

For me, when i wanted to clone from my repository, i had the same message noticed before "Permission denied (publickey) fatal: Could not read from remote repository". The solution for my case is to not use sudo before clone That's it.

Answer 3

I had a similar problem on linux. I solved the problem by logging into the github server and creating a deploy key. That's under settings for the repository. Then, I copied and pasted my public key (which is usually in ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub, but your configuration might be different). There is a check box to give this key write access. Click on it (unless you are using git to deploy only, in which case, don't click on it).

Answer 4

Remove remote origin

git remote remove origin

Add HTTP remote origin

Answer 5

You need to create a new ssh key by running ssh-keygen -t rsa.

Answer 6

You can try adding your ssh key to your private keychain. It worked for me

ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/[your-private-key]