Access Denied when pushing git

I am a newbie with git but seem to have a problem with pushing a git repository over a network. Here is what I do to recreate the problem:

1. create a new git repository on the computer to push to
    mkdir ~/git/test.git
    cd !$
    git --bare init-db

2. On my local computer I then create a new git repository and add a random
file to it:
   mkdir test
   git init
   touch TEST
   git add .
   git commit -m "initial commit"

3. Then add the remote computer via:
   git remote add origin ssh://user@site.com/~/git/test.git

4. Then I try to push the local repository to the remote via:
   git push origin master

This is what I get when I do that:

fatal: protocol error: bad line length character <---- sometimes this is not there Access denied Access denied Access denied Access denied FATAL ERROR: Server sent disconnect message type 2 (protocol error): "Too many authentication failures for user"

I am using cygwin on an XP machine and trying to push to a unix server.

I have also tried it between my two computers I have at home and I have the same problem, both are windows machines by the way.

I have set up passwordless login via ssh and I can ssh no problem via: ssh user@site.com

I've been trying to figure this out for two days now, any help would be appreciated

Thanks, Aaron

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 06:40:47PM -0700, Aaron180 wrote:

1. I wouldn't rely on the '~' being expanded, try with a full path.
2. If there is a banner or some output from your bashrc, I've seen those
   cause problems.

Well it now works! Thank you so much. Your mention in #2 helped, I thought maybe there is something going on with windows' line endings or something along those lines since I am using cygwin. I then realized I also had installed Msysgit, so I uninstalled Msysgit and everything is working like a charm!

Not sure if that is what you intended but it sure nudged me in the right direction!

Thank you, Aaron

Robin H. Johnson-2 wrote:

On 2009-05-27 01:40:47, Aaron180 <aaron@vanstralen.net> wrote:

http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#protocolerror.3Abadlinelengthcharacter maybe?