git authorisation failed through ssh

Question

I Set up git server on an remote instance with git init --bare in directory named stockwidgets.

Also, set up ssh with remote key access correctly.

ssh access works as follows:

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$ ssh -i ~/.ssh/keys/gitKey.pvt git@www.stockwidgets.com
Last login: Sat Jan 26 22:43:10 2019 from toroon3642w-lp130-01-70-27-142-166.dsl.bell.ca

[git@ip-172-31-8-112 ~]$
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So ssh access works from my local PC, however???

Also the repository exists in the home directory as follows:

[git@ip-172-31-8-112 ~]$ ls
stockwidgets
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The git remote is set correctly as:

git remote -v
origin  ssh://git@www.stockwidgets.com/stockwidgets (fetch)
origin  ssh://git@www.stockwidgets.com/stockwidgets (push)

however remote git commands fail as follows:

$ git fetch
Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

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

The repository does exist as I can use it on the remote.
Access has to be the issue through ssh git.

Lost sole .....

The thing that stands out here is that from the command line, you're running `ssh -i ~/.ssh/keys/gitKey.pvt ...`. Git is going to run `ssh ...`, with no `-i` flag. So it's only going to use whatever is in `$HOME/.ssh/config` and/or `$HOME/.ssh/id_{dsa,rsa}`. (If the `config` file points that ssh to the appropriate key, that should still work. If not...) — torek, Jan 26 '19 at 23:03

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 13 '19 at 03:57

Thanks, VonC

Very much appreciated, however, I used a different solution.

Basically, I stated my remote path incorrectly. I had to give the complete path. That was the issue.

ssh://git@www.stockwidgets.com/home/git/REPOSITORIES/stockwidgets/springBoot/microServices/swAPIEngine.

Fixed

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 27 '19 at 03:42

If you don't use an ~/.ssh/config file which would indicate which SSH key to use, you would need, with Git 2.10+, to set an GIT_SSH_COMMAND variable

export GIT_SSH_COMMAND='ssh -i /path/to/private_key'
# on Windows
set GIT_SSH_COMMAND='ssh -i /c/path/to/private_key'

Note: on PC, make sure to use a PEM ssh private key (ssh-keygen -m PEM ...).

git authorisation failed through ssh

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