Can't access GitLab

Question

I've created several repositories on GitLab and need to create more. This has worked for me in the past, but now I can no longer access.

So, please, how can I diagnose and fix?

My goal: I'm soon headed out of the country for an extended stay. I want to work on several projects on my notebook computer while I'm away.

I tried to create two new projects following the instructions "Existing Git Repository" on:

https://gitlab.com/writersglen/AntsleBook

But in both cases I get this when I try to push:

lloyd@wg-dev:~/WG/Books/Titles/Antsle$ git push -u origin --all

sign_and_send_pubkey: signing failed: agent refused operation

Permission denied (publickey).

fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

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

So far as I can tell, I have the correct public key on GitLab.

I get a similar message when I try to pull from successfully created repositories.

So, I be very grateful if some kind soul can show me how to get out of this mess.

Best wishes,

LRP

Answer 1

It appears you have not added your private key to your local machine's ssh agent. To do so follow these steps:

eval $(ssh-agent)
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Then follow the prompts for your key password, if you created it with one. If you created a key with a different file name and/or location, use it instead of ~.ssh/id_rsa.

Answer 2

I had the same error message. In my case some of the private keys had too open permissions.

I fixed it by changing the permissions for private keys to 600 (-rw-------) and the public keys to 644 (-rw-r--r--)