# git push asking for a password

2 messages from 2010-07-26 to 2010-07-26. Participants: brennsuppa, Ilari Liusvaara.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/24525

## brennsuppa, 2010-07-26 10:31

Subject: git push asking for a password
Message-ID: <29265051.post@talk.nabble.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/29265051.post%40talk.nabble.com

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Hi,

I'm working with git for the first time and when I started it I just had to
commit/push/pull on an existing repository.

Now I should create a new repo, but this fails when I try to git push origin
master:refs/heads/master because it is asking for a password, which should
not happen since ssh-keys are in use, right?

my setup:

I have an existing repo called drums, this works fine!
Now I tried to create a new one called guitars with this how to
http://scie.nti.st/2007/11/14/hosting-git-repositories-the-easy-and-secure-way

so my gitosis.conf is like this:
[gitosis]

[group gitosis-admin]
writable = gitosis-admin
members = brennsuppa

[group drums]
writable = drums
members = brennsuppa dan


[group guitars]
writable = guitars
members = brennsuppa dan eug

my key should be working, otherwise I cannot explain why it works with
drums, any help?


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## Ilari Liusvaara, 2010-07-26 18:30

Subject: Re: git push asking for a password
Message-ID: <20100726183058.GA29313@LK-Perkele-V2.elisa-laajakaista.fi>
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In-Reply-To: <29265051.post@talk.nabble.com>

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On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 03:31:20AM -0700, brennsuppa wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm working with git for the first time and when I started it I just had to
> commit/push/pull on an existing repository.
> 
> Now I should create a new repo, but this fails when I try to git push origin
> master:refs/heads/master because it is asking for a password, which should
> not happen since ssh-keys are in use, right?

<Snip secition some repos working and some not>

The password prompts come from SSH, not git. And there only user and host
specified in URL matter.

BTW: 'git push origin master:refs/heads/master' can be shortened as
'git push origin master' if 'master' is a branch (it usually is). This isn't
the problem however.

Few possible problems:

- The URL points to wrong host or host alias
- The username in URL is wrong
- You are trying access from different computer/user that doesn't have valid
keys for that system.

-Ilari

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