403 Error on Clone

clark_hruska

Hello,

I just created a new repository and am trying to clone it locally. I have Admin permissions on the repository and am the owner of the associated team. I am the only team member of the repo and team so it is not a plan issue, although I am on the standard plan regardless. I am on git version 2.8.1. I have interacted with bitbucket using other accounts in the past. 

When attempting to clone a repo, I am getting the following error:

fatal: unable to access 'https://{Username}@bitbucket.org/{username}/{repo-name}.git/': The requested URL returned error: 403

Please advise. This seems like a bitbucket bug.

Thanks,

Clark 

minnsey

Hi

At a guess you have 2FA turned on for your account. If that is the case you can't use basic username/password with HTTPS Git urls.

If you upgrade your Git install to 2.19, you will get find you get prompted by the Git Credential Manager for your details. If you enter your username/password into that it detects you are using 2FA and will prompt you to go through an OAuth grant process. The end result is you have an Access_token which Git can then use to access yoru HTTPS url.