2 posts tagged with "SSH"

Seeing Permission denied (publickey) when connecting to GitHub means GitHub could not authenticate your SSH connection with any key your computer offered. The usual causes are an unloaded key, an incorrect remote URL, a key attached to another GitHub account, or an SSH configuration problem.

This guide checks each cause in the fastest order so you can get git clone, git pull, and git push working again.

Learn how to generate an SSH key, add it to your GitHub account, and clone a repository using SSH. This step-by-step guide covers macOS, Windows, and Linux with all the commands you need to set up passwordless GitHub authentication.