$ ssh -T git@github - permission denied (public key)

I'm first time GitHub user. I installed Git for Windows, following instructions: http://help.github.com/win-set-up-git/

Came to the point of generating a public ssh-key. Opened Git Bash. Generated the key, saved it on github.com in my SSH Public Keys, now trying ssh access:

$ ssh -T git@github.com
Permission denied (publickey).

What's wrong? The instruction sais that everything should go fine. Maybe I need to reboot or wait开发者_如何学JAVA when github.com server gets to know my key?

Please help.

Thanks in advance!

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You need to set up your ssh keys and then add your public key to your github account

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    ssh-keygen -t rsa
    copy the key generated in the file ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub (open with notepad)
    paste this key in the "add ssh key" section of your github account

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I had the same problem. Although every instruction was followed; Public Key genereated and added to my Github account, i kept getting the error...Until i restarted my machine. I suggest you do the same. Hopefully this should fix it.

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Had to use exec ssh-agent bash. It helped:

$ exec ssh-agent bash
bash-3.1$ ssh-add f:/GIT/.ssh/id_rsa
Enter passphrase for f:/GIT/.ssh/id_rsa:
Identity added: f:/GIT/.ssh/id_rsa (f:/GIT/.ssh/id_rsa)
bash-3.1$ ssh git@github.com
Hi MichaelZelensky! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provi
de shell access.
Connection to github.com closed.

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For me (windows xp, reasonably fresh install) when generating the ssh keys via mingw32, the .ssh directory did not exist that I was saving the keys to.

Instead of ssh-keygen creating it, they were put in the root of the user directory (C:\Documents and Settings\).

This gave the Permission Denied (public key) error.

Simple solution...

Move the key files to the .ssh directory! (incidentally, this seemed to be created when I said yes to continue connecting after the authenticity of host.... message)

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You need to generate your ssh key

first get to the ssh directory

cd ~/.ssh

Now generate a ssh key

ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "YOUREMAILID"

Key will be generated. Now install x-clip using this command

sudo apt install xclip

Now run the following command to copy the key to clipboard

xclip -sel clip < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

replace id_rsa with the file location which you gave to save the key during generation now run the following command to know whether it is properly executed

ssh -T git@github.com

following message will occur

Hi USERNAME! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.

now you are ready to perform any task in git without this issue...

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I had the same problem, I generated my ssh-keygen, after I added my public key to GitHub, and they told me same problem, but what happens you need give permission to folder .ssh, I solve that problem, I know is basic make that, but I was foregetting that, but check it, maybe is the same solution.

sudo chmod 777 -R .ssh