Why does git clone throw a Permission denied (publickey) error?

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Good day to all.

The problem is the following. When trying to clone a remote repository, a Permission denied (publickey) error is thrown.

I generated the keys on ubuntu, and now I need to work from Windows. I copied these same keys and placed them in the .ssh folder available on Windows. Namely, in id_rsa and id_rsa.pub. But the error is still thrown.

I wanted to generate new keys, but I was told to use the existing ones.

Answer 1

If suddenly someone encounters a similar problem, then I solved it as follows
in the .ssh folder, created a config file (without extension) and added the following there:
host (specify host)
hostname (specify hostname)
port (specify the required port)
user (specify user )
identityfile ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Answer 2

On unix-like systems, you would need to ssh-add to add the private key.
Windows has its own instructions .

Answer 3

I wanted to generate new keys, but I was told to use the existing ones.

Like this ?
Just create new keys and bind the new public key to your git account.
https://phoenixnap.com/kb/generate-ssh-key-windows-10
https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-t...