"Failed to check login for user"when trying to loggin

Question

I have this error when I try to log in to  a new account:

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TK_84mo1x · Answer

@Daniel Eads This describes how to create a PAT for Github, but what if one is using Azure DevOps Repos?

For example, here is an error I'm getting when I take similar steps >>

Daniel Eads · Answer

Glad you all were able to come upon the answer. Given this has come up a few times, I just wanted to add the info that Github announced earlier this year they'd be disabling passwords over basic auth - and the time they'd make the hard switch (November 13, 2020) was last week.

There are actually two ways to solve it:

* Generate a Personal Access Token in Github and then paste that in place of your Github password in Sourcetree as @Nic Brough -Adaptavist- and @sullycolivan mentioned
* Switch from Basic authentication to OAuth in the Auth type dropdown in Sourcetree for your Github account. Then click the "Connect Account" button to authorize Sourcetree (this should open your browser and just be one click in Github if you're logged in on the web already)

Cheers,
Daniel

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

The reason I answered was that I ran into exactly the same a few days before.

As @sullycolivan answered, I entered the token as the password.  I would add that you need to make sure the username you use is identical to the username you generate the token for - I seem to remember I failed the first time because of CaPiTaLs in my username.