Gitlab - Too many authentication failures for git

Question

My command line git is not working since last week, all I remember is that I init a local folder into git version controlled, and add a remote git ref to it. Then my git is unable to push or pull. It shows:

git clone [email protected]:xxx/myproj.git myproj
Cloning into 'myproj'...
Received disconnect from 192.168.xxx.xxx: 2: Too many authentication failures for git
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

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

What's weird is that my version control in JetBrain Idea works fine, it can still pull or push that project which can't be pull in command line.

I've add the id_rsa.pub to gitlab before, and I re-add it again now, but it does not work.

My ssh debug info

ssh -v [email protected]

OpenSSH_6.2p2, OSSLShim 0.9.8r 8 Dec 2011
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh_config line 20: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to gitlab.xxx.com [192.168.xxx.xxx] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /Users/abc/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/abc/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/abc/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/abc/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.2
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_5.3
debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.3 pat OpenSSH_5*
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
debug1: Server host key: RSA d7:11:d8:62:a6:30:1d:4a:c7:f1:99:bd:ba:54:de:60
debug1: Host 'gitlab.corp.com' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /Users/abc/.ssh/known_hosts:127
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: Roaming not allowed by server
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,hostbased
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Offering RSA public key: /Users/abc/.ssh/id_rsa.cn0
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,hostbased
debug1: Offering RSA public key: /Users/abc/.ssh/id_rsa.cn6
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,hostbased
debug1: Offering RSA public key: /Users/abc/.ssh/id_rsa.cn1
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,hostbased
debug1: Offering RSA public key: /Users/abc/.ssh/id_rsa.cn2
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,hostbased
debug1: Offering RSA public key: /Users/abc/.ssh/id_rsa.cn5
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,hostbased
debug1: Offering RSA public key: /Users/abc/.ssh/id_rsa.cn8
Received disconnect from 192.168.100.218: 2: Too many authentication failures for git
abc@LiuzhMacbook:~/.ssh$
abc@LiuzhMacbook:~/.ssh$ ls
authorized_keys  id_rsa           known_hosts      tmp/
abc@LiuzhMacbook:~/.ssh$ rm known_hosts
abc@LiuzhMacbook:~/.ssh$ ssh -v [email protected]
OpenSSH_6.2p2, OSSLShim 0.9.8r 8 Dec 2011
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh_config line 20: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to gitlab.corp.com [192.168.100.218] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /Users/abc/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/abc/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/abc/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/abc/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.2
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_5.3
debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.3 pat OpenSSH_5*
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
debug1: Server host key: RSA d7:11:d8:62:a6:30:1d:4a:c7:f1:99:bd:ba:54:de:60
The authenticity of host 'gitlab.corp.com (192.168.100.218)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is d7:11:d8:62:a6:30:1d:4a:c7:f1:99:bd:ba:54:de:60.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added 'gitlab.corp.com,192.168.100.218' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: Roaming not allowed by server
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,hostbased
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Offering RSA public key: /Users/abc/.ssh/id_rsa.cn0
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,hostbased
debug1: Offering RSA public key: /Users/abc/.ssh/id_rsa.cn6
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,hostbased
debug1: Offering RSA public key: /Users/abc/.ssh/id_rsa.cn1
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,hostbased
debug1: Offering RSA public key: /Users/abc/.ssh/id_rsa.cn2
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,hostbased
debug1: Offering RSA public key: /Users/abc/.ssh/id_rsa.cn5
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,hostbased
debug1: Offering RSA public key: /Users/abc/.ssh/id_rsa.cn8
Received disconnect from 192.168.100.218: 2: Too many authentication failures for git

Answer 1

In SourceTree, try changing SSH Client from PuTTY/Plink to Open SSH.

Answer 2

First of all set your ssh keys.

If our keys are set correctly - try to restart the ssh-agent

eval $(ssh-agent)

You should see the PID of the process and you r keys will load.

To add your keys manually use: ssh-add. This will load the keys from you default .ssh folder

Answer 3

You can use a different ssh url in order to reference the right public/private key you want.
Add in your HOME/.ssh a file named config:

Host            mygitlab
Hostname        gitlab.xxx.com
User            git
IdentityFile    ~/.ssh/id_rsa.gitlab
IdentitiesOnly yes

And change your url:

git clone mygitlab:xxx/myproj.git myproj

That way, you avoid the default ssh behavior which presents every keys for ssh to try.

Answer 4

running on linux
the following worked for me (I use gitlab):

  eval $(ssh-agent -s)
  ssh-add ~/.ssh/<ssh_directory>
  ssh -T [email protected]

and in one command:

 eval $(ssh-agent -s) &&  ssh-add ~/.ssh/gitlab &&   ssh -T [email protected]