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sorry if this question seems so easy but I'm new with UBUNTU and I still couldn't figure that out.

I've been given a private key with password to clone and install a software from a repository using git (git clone ssh://gitolite3@git.[Rest]...) but unfortunately every time I try to have access to that folder it gives me "permission denied" (this is a experimental software for an academic project) , I'm over SSH and I've also put the private key in .ssh folder but I still get this message. can you please help me and explain me a little bit about how does git works with this private key and what should I do to solve this problem and clone it successfully?

Thank you so much in advance

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  • I suspect you're accessing the repository over HTTPS, rather than over SSH in your clone command. Please edit your question to include full command & output you see in your terminal, so we can help you better.
    – gertvdijk
    Jan 31, 2015 at 12:33
  • I just made a mistake while I was typing the command, it's fixed by now. I'm connected to a remote machine via SSH and trying to clone and install this software on that machine, this is the command: git clone ssh://gitolite3@git.[nameOfTheRepo]... and I get this message: "Permission denied, please try again."
    – Sina Sh
    Jan 31, 2015 at 18:40
  • You are asking to log in as the user "gitolite3". Is this really the user name the server admin assigned you?
    – psusi
    Feb 1, 2015 at 2:51
  • yes, this user is added already and I've been provided with only this private key to have access and pull this repo, but I don't know how to do it honestly...
    – Sina Sh
    Feb 6, 2015 at 23:54
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    I found the solution! based on this post: superuser.com/questions/232362/… Thanks guys :)
    – Sina Sh
    Feb 21, 2015 at 20:00

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Check the permissions for the keys inside the .ssh folder Your private key should be protected:

Make sure your private key has permissions like {r-x------}

If not just do this by running chmod 600 id_rsa

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    -1 How do you come up with the idea that it is a permissions problem?
    – A.B.
    Apr 8, 2015 at 14:56
  • Dunno how did he/she decide that but it was exactly the issue in my case...
    – dbl
    Feb 19, 2020 at 16:38

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