Git thinks I'm a different user, won't give me access to github repo

Question

I had an account on github (Mariogs37) that I've since stopped using. In the meantime, I've created a new one (bclayman) that I'd like to start using. I created a repo on github and ran:

git remote add origin https://github.com/bclayman/SquashScraper.git

I get no error messages, and then I run:

git push -u origin master

However, I get this error message:

remote: Permission to bclayman/SquashScraper.git denied to Mariogs37.
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/bclayman/SquashScraper.git/': The requested URL returned error: 403

I googled around for similar issues and came across this link:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24019258/git-thinks-im-the-wrong-user

I followed vonC's answer's instructions (here: https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys/#step-3-add-your-ssh-key-to-github). At the end of adding my SSH key to github, I got this in my terminal:

Hi bclayman! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.

I retried pushing my local repo to github but have run into the same error. Any idea why it still thinks I'm Mariogs37 (and thus don't have permissions to push to a repo on github owned by bclayman)?

Thanks,

bclayman

Answer 1

This most likely is a misunderstanding in what credentials are used for what.

GitHub offers you to use two different protocols to access your repo:

• HTTPS
• SSH

SSH:

This one uses the ssh keys and settings in your ~/.ssh folder. It is used if you add a remote like this:

git remote add origin [email protected]:bclayman/SquashScraper.git

HTTPS (the one you chose):

This one uses the https credentials that depending on your system could be stored in various places (if at all). As it seems you're using the OS X Keychain, so they are most likely stored there. The https protocol is used if you add a remote like this:

git remote add origin https://github.com/bclayman/SquashScraper.git

So to get this resolved i'd open your OS X Keychain and search for https://github.com and delete all items that come up. Next time you try to push / fetch it should ask you for your username and password again.