Saturday, October 23, 2021

[SOLVED] git ssh permission denied for the wrong user

Issue

Using a simple git command like this 

$ git push --set-upstream origin master

I am getting:

ERROR: Permission to oresoftware/tsc-multi-watch.git denied to alex-teros.

I tried switching the user:

git config credential.username 'oresoftware'

but got the same error. I have this in ~/.ssh/config

ControlMaster auto
ControlPath /tmp/ssh_mux_%h_%p_%r
ControlPersist 2h

Host *
    ForwardAgent yes
    AddKeysToAgent yes
    UseKeychain yes

GSSAPIAuthentication no
ServerAliveInterval 240
ServerAliveCountMax 3


Host the1mills.github.com
     HostName github.com
     User the1mills
     IdentityFile ~/.ssh/the1mills


Host oresoftware.github.com
     HostName github.com
     User oresoftware
     IdentityFile ~/.ssh/oresoftware


Host bitbucket.org
     HostName bitbucket.org
     User oresoftware
     IdentityFile ~/.ssh/oresoftware

Host alex-teros.github.com
     HostName github.com
     User alex-teros
     IdentityFile ~/.ssh/github

Is there anything I can do to fix this? The obvious problem is that it's saying I am 'alex-teros' but I want to be 'oresoftware' for this command.


Solution

If you want your ssh config to be used, your URL should use one of its entry (referening github.com)

For instance:

oresoftware.github.com:oresoftware/tsc-multi-watch.git

Then, and only then, the right private SSH key ( ~/.ssh/oresoftware) would be used.

You only need to replace User oresoftware by User git: when pushing to GitHub n SSH, the user is always git.



Answered By - VonC
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