Fix "Permission denied (publickey)" error when pushing with Git
This means, on your local machine, you haven't made any SSH keys. Not to worry. Here's how to fix:
*nix
based command prompt (but not the default Windows Command Prompt!)cd ~/.ssh
. This will take you to the root directory for Git (Likely C:\Users\[YOUR-USER-NAME]\.ssh\
on Windows).ssh
folder, there should be these two files: id_rsa
and id_rsa.pub
. These are the files that tell your computer how to communicate with GitHub, BitBucket, or any other Git based service. Type ls
to see a directory listing. If those two files don't show up, proceed to the next step. NOTE: Your SSH keys must be named id_rsa
and id_rsa.pub
in order for Git, GitHub, and BitBucket to recognize them by default.ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "your_email@example.com"
. This will create both id_rsa
and id_rsa.pub
files.id_rsa.pub
in your favorite text editor (you can do this via Windows Explorer or the OSX Finder if you like, tpying open .
will open the folder).id_rsa.pub
and paste it into GitHub and/or BitBucket under the Account Settings > SSH Keys.
NOTE: I like to give the SSH key a descriptive name, usually with the name of the workstation I'm on along with the date.git push
again and see if it works. It should!More help available from GitHub on creating SSH Keys and BitBucket Help.