Git push doesn't workafter OS X Mavericks upgrade

[Heather Baldwin]

I just reformatted my Mac and upgraded to Mavericks. Git no longer seems to be connected to the remote repository.

Git push

results in the error message

Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

I do not know how to check the access rights and re-establish the connection to the remote repositories. Can anyone help me out?

edited to clarify: after the fresh os install I migrated my documents over, I didn't do a time machine restore.

[Henrique Lechner [Atlassian] · Accepted solution]

I'm sorry, I should have been more clear about the procedure.

I saw that you have created a new Public Key with the command:

ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "myname@example.com"

The next step now, is to add this public key that you created to your Bitbucket account. The following page will guide you through the procedure:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BITBUCKET/Set+up+SSH+for+Git#SetupSSHforGit-#installpublickeyStep6.InstallthepublickeyonyourBitbucketaccount

Just a heads up, on the 9th part of the step 6, in which you need run the command: "ssh -T git@bitbucket.org" remember that you need to replace "git" for your user. For instance:

ssh -T heather@bitbucket.org

Regards,

Henrique Lechner

[Henrique Lechner [Atlassian]]

Hi There,

This error may happen because you don't have a correct public key inside your home directory.

In order to check if this is the case, could you please see if you have the following file: ~/.ssh/id_rsa

This file is responsable for the Public Key on your connection and if you don't have that I suggest that you copy the old one that you had before the format.

There is a method for using the verbose of SSH, which might help us to get a more detailed information about the error:

$ ssh -vT git@example.com

Could you try to use this command and post the result?

Regards,

[Heather Baldwin]

Hi Henrique,

I have that file. After reading something about it maybe having to do with the key, I did the following;

ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "myname@example.com"
pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

However it still doesn't work. When I tried that command you advised, I got:

computername:~ homedir$ ssh -vT
OpenSSH_6.2p2, OSSLShim 0.9.8r 8 Dec 2011
usage: ssh [-1246AaCfgKkMNnqsTtVvXxYy] [-b bind_address] [-c cipher_spec]
           [-D [bind_address:]port] [-e escape_char] [-F configfile]
           [-I pkcs11] [-i identity_file]
           [-L [bind_address:]port:host:hostport]
           [-l login_name] [-m mac_spec] [-O ctl_cmd] [-o option] [-p port]
           [-R [bind_address:]port:host:hostport] [-S ctl_path]
           [-W host:port] [-w local_tun[:remote_tun]]
           [user@]hostname [command]

Sorry, I'm still not very good with git...

Cheers,

Heather

[Jeff Thomas]

Heather: Since you generated a new ssh key, you'll need to remove your old key from the Bitbucket and add the new one that you just created. These instructions should help.

[Heather Baldwin]

Thanks for your response, Jeff. I'm trying to follow the instructions, but I'm struggling with Step 4. When I said I'm not good with git, I meant it. How can I create a new text file and edit it from bash?

[Jeff Thomas]

I linked to the Windows instructions, sorry!

Try these - https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=270827678

[Heather Baldwin]

Thanks Jeff, I followed those instructions and it worked.