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Development Tools Git Basics Working With Remote Repositories GitHub

Posted by Mukul Gupta
Mukul Gupta
8,760 Points

I am unable to run git push -u origin master.

I get the following error:

remote: Permission toMukulGupta1/my_test_repository.git denied to ramanadv. fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/MukulGupta1/my_test_repository.git/': The requested URL returned error: 403

Where ramanadv is other-user.

git config user.name

returns Mukul Gupta (my username)

4 Answers

Mukul Gupta
Mukul Gupta
8,760 Points

Fixed it. Needed to delete some previous keys from the Keychain Access application in OS X. Thanks

Hugo Amorim
Hugo Amorim
Courses Plus Student 23,205 Points

can you explain how you fix this? Thanks much appreciated.

David Tonge
PLUS
David Tonge
Courses Plus Student 45,640 Points
David Tonge
David Tonge
Courses Plus Student 45,640 Points

Did you set up the ssh keys on github?

Mukul Gupta
Mukul Gupta
8,760 Points
Mukul Gupta
Mukul Gupta
8,760 Points

Hugo, I opened the Keychain Access program on OS X - searched for github and deleted all the keys. Then I set up new ssh keys on github

Eric Thompson
Eric Thompson
9,858 Points
Eric Thompson
Eric Thompson
9,858 Points

Everyone watching this in July 2016: Save yourself a HUGE headache by setting up the ssh key over at Github and DO NOT use the https:// option. The ssh setup is a somewhat lengthy process, but it will get you past the Error 403/fatal HTTP request failed. I literally spent HOURS trying to get this to work.

NOTE: Once you set up your ssh key and add it to Github, you need to change your origin link back in your terminal using this:

git remote set-url origin git://new.url.here

Replace the "new.url.here" with your personal ssh link shown for your project at Github. Next you should see "The authenticity of host 'github.com (ip address here)' can't be establish
RSA key fingerprint is..."

Once you enter your ssh passphrase, you will be good to go and should see "Branch master set up to track remote branch master from origin." to verify this.

Refresh your page at Github and you will see the same screen that Tommy is seeing at the very end of the video.

Hope this helps! I could not find the answer I needed to resolve the 403 Error/fatal HTTP request error I was getting. I am using the Treehouse supplied console.