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Ssh Private Repo from RaspberryPi #22730
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So I can’t quite find the right solution, after hours searching and trying different solutions. pi@github.com: Permission denied (publickey). What am I doing wrong?! |
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Did you add the SSH key of the raspi to your Github account, as described here? I’d skip the |
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Thank for the reply! I did add it to my GitHub account - several times, actually. Following the steps to generate a new key a few times. I did use xclip to copy it though, but it seemed to accept it. I do get a “Hi txtack! You’ve successfully authenticated…” message after running the |
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txtack:
Wait a minute, that looks like git tries to login as the user |
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OMG I THINK THAT’S IT! I didn’t click on “use SSH” when I copied the repo link from GitHub, because I initially cloned it using HTTPS! When I switched it on my pi, I only switched https to ssh! It sounds like that should fix it, I’m now trying to remember how I changed that ssh URL and I’ll be trying it! (if you can’t tell, I’m new to this but having fun learning about it all) |
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That was it! Here’s what it was: |
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Nice, I’m glad to hear that! 😄 |
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Wait a minute, that looks like git tries to login as the user
piinstead ofgitas it should. Please checkgit remote -v, the URL for the Github repository needs to follow the patterngit@github.com:USER/REPO.git.