title: Permission denied (publickey) when trying to Git Clone
body: <p>I know this is a common issue, however, even after spending an hour looking at threads I was unable to find a solution and therefore am posting here. Basically, when running <code>git clone</code>, I am getting the following error: </p>
  
  <pre><code>   Permission denied (publickey).
     fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
  
     Please make sure you have the correct access rights
     and the repository exists.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I do have a id_rsa and a id_rsa.pub in my .ssh directory, and the key matches up with the key I have on github as well under the ssh keys section. So that's not a problem. However, I realized I don't have a id_dsa file or any other file for that matter (except a knownhosts file). When running </p>
  
  <p><code>ssh -T git@github.com</code></p>
  
  <pre><code>    I get Permission denied (publickey).
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When running <code>ssh -vT git@github.com</code>, I get:</p>
  
  <pre><code>OpenSSH_6.6.1, OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014
  debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
  debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for *
  debug1: Connecting to github.com [192.30.252.123] port 22.
  debug1: Connection established.
  debug1: identity file /home/parallels/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
  debug1: identity file /home/parallels/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
  debug1: identity file /home/parallels/.ssh/id_dsa type 2
  debug1: identity file /home/parallels/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
  debug1: identity file /home/parallels/.ssh/id_ecdsa type 3
  debug1: identity file /home/parallels/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1
  debug1: identity file /home/parallels/.ssh/id_ed25519 type -1
  debug1: identity file /home/parallels/.ssh/id_ed25519-cert type -1
  debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
  debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.6.1p1 Ubuntu-2ubuntu2
  debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version libssh-0.7.0
  debug1: no match: libssh-0.7.0
  debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
  debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
  debug1: kex: server-&gt;client aes128-ctr hmac-sha1 none
  debug1: kex: client-&gt;server aes128-ctr hmac-sha1 none
  debug1: sending SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_INIT
  debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY
  debug1: Server host key: RSA 16:27:ac:a5:76:28:2d:36:63:1b:56:4d:eb:df:a6:48
  debug1: Host 'github.com' is known and matches the RSA host key.
  debug1: Found key in /home/parallels/.ssh/known_hosts:1
  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
  debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
  debug1: Offering ECDSA public key: /home/parallels/.ssh/id_ecdsa
  debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
  debug1: Offering RSA public key: /home/parallels/.ssh/id_rsa
  debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
  debug1: Offering DSA public key: /home/parallels/.ssh/id_dsa
  debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
  debug1: Trying private key: /home/parallels/.ssh/id_ed25519
  debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
  Permission denied (publickey).
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is my output on running <code>ssh -vvvT git@github.com</code></p>
  
  <pre><code>OpenSSH_6.6.1, OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014
  debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
  debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for *
  debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
  debug1: Connecting to github.com [192.30.252.121] port 22.
  debug1: Connection established.
  debug3: Incorrect RSA1 identifier
  debug3: Could not load "/home/parallels/.ssh/id_rsa" as a RSA1 public key
  debug1: identity file /home/parallels/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
  debug1: identity file /home/parallels/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
  debug3: Incorrect RSA1 identifier
  debug3: Could not load "/home/parallels/.ssh/id_dsa" as a RSA1 public key
  debug1: identity file /home/parallels/.ssh/id_dsa type 2
  debug1: identity file /home/parallels/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
  debug3: Incorrect RSA1 identifier
  debug3: Could not load "/home/parallels/.ssh/id_ecdsa" as a RSA1 public key
  debug1: identity file /home/parallels/.ssh/id_ecdsa type 3
  debug1: identity file /home/parallels/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1
  debug1: identity file /home/parallels/.ssh/id_ed25519 type -1
  debug1: identity file /home/parallels/.ssh/id_ed25519-cert type -1
  debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
  debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.6.1p1 Ubuntu-2ubuntu2
  debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version libssh-0.7.0
  debug1: no match: libssh-0.7.0
  debug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK
  debug3: load_hostkeys: loading entries for host "github.com" from file "/home/parallels/.ssh/known_hosts"
  debug3: load_hostkeys: found key type RSA in file /home/parallels/.ssh/known_hosts:1
  debug3: load_hostkeys: loaded 1 keys
  debug3: order_hostkeyalgs: prefer hostkeyalgs: ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-rsa-cert-v00@openssh.com,ssh-rsa
  debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
  debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-rsa-cert-v00@openssh.com,ssh-rsa,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-dss-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-dss-cert-v00@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,ssh-ed25519,ssh-dss
  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,arcfour256,arcfour128,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com,chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,arcfour,rijndael-cbc@lysator.liu.se
  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,arcfour256,arcfour128,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com,chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,arcfour,rijndael-cbc@lysator.liu.se
  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: hmac-md5-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,umac-64-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-ripemd160-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-96-etm@openssh.com,hmac-md5-96-etm@openssh.com,hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,umac-64@openssh.com,umac-128@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-ripemd160,hmac-ripemd160@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96
  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: hmac-md5-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,umac-64-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-ripemd160-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-96-etm@openssh.com,hmac-md5-96-etm@openssh.com,hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,umac-64@openssh.com,umac-128@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-ripemd160,hmac-ripemd160@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96
  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none,zlib@openssh.com,zlib
  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none,zlib@openssh.com,zlib
  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: 
  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: 
  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: first_kex_follows 0 
  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: reserved 0 
  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: ecdh-sha2-nistp256,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: ssh-dss,ssh-rsa
  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes256-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes128-ctr,aes256-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes128-cbc,blowfish-cbc
  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes256-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes128-ctr,aes256-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes128-cbc,blowfish-cbc
  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: hmac-sha1,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512
  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: hmac-sha1,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512
  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none,zlib,zlib@openssh.com
  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none,zlib,zlib@openssh.com
  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: 
  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: 
  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: first_kex_follows 0 
  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: reserved 0 
  debug2: mac_setup: setup hmac-sha1
  debug1: kex: server-&gt;client aes128-ctr hmac-sha1 none
  debug2: mac_setup: setup hmac-sha1
  debug1: kex: client-&gt;server aes128-ctr hmac-sha1 none
  debug1: sending SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_INIT
  debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY
  debug1: Server host key: RSA 16:27:ac:a5:76:28:2d:36:63:1b:56:4d:eb:df:a6:48
  debug3: load_hostkeys: loading entries for host "github.com" from file "/home/parallels/.ssh/known_hosts"
  debug3: load_hostkeys: found key type RSA in file /home/parallels/.ssh/known_hosts:1
  debug3: load_hostkeys: loaded 1 keys
  debug3: load_hostkeys: loading entries for host "192.30.252.121" from file "/home/parallels/.ssh/known_hosts"
  debug3: load_hostkeys: found key type RSA in file /home/parallels/.ssh/known_hosts:4
  debug3: load_hostkeys: loaded 1 keys
  debug1: Host 'github.com' is known and matches the RSA host key.
  debug1: Found key in /home/parallels/.ssh/known_hosts:1
  debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
  debug2: kex_derive_keys
  debug2: set_newkeys: mode 1
  debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
  debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
  debug2: set_newkeys: mode 0
  debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
  debug1: Roaming not allowed by server
  debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
  debug2: service_accept: ssh-userauth
  debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
  debug2: key: /home/parallels/.ssh/id_ecdsa (0x7ffecad4c5b0),
  debug2: key: /home/parallels/.ssh/id_rsa (0x7ffecad4aab0),
  debug2: key: /home/parallels/.ssh/id_dsa (0x7ffecad4ab50),
  debug2: key: /home/parallels/.ssh/id_ed25519 ((nil)),
  debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
  debug3: start over, passed a different list publickey
  debug3: preferred gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic,publickey,keyboard-interactive,password
  debug3: authmethod_lookup publickey
  debug3: remaining preferred: keyboard-interactive,password
  debug3: authmethod_is_enabled publickey
  debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
  debug1: Offering ECDSA public key: /home/parallels/.ssh/id_ecdsa
  debug3: send_pubkey_test
  debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply
  debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
  debug1: Offering RSA public key: /home/parallels/.ssh/id_rsa
  debug3: send_pubkey_test
  debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply
  debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
  debug1: Offering DSA public key: /home/parallels/.ssh/id_dsa
  debug3: send_pubkey_test
  debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply
  debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
  debug1: Trying private key: /home/parallels/.ssh/id_ed25519
  debug3: no such identity: /home/parallels/.ssh/id_ed25519: No such file or directory
  debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method
  debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
  Permission denied (publickey).
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Something is weird but I can't quite figure out what the issue is. I have my keys set up using the GitHub documentation, but am still getting a permission denied statement. My keys are the same, as I checked my key on Github and made sure that the numbers are the same when running <code>~/.ssh$ ssh-keygen -lf ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub</code></p>
  
  <p>Any help would be much appreciated!!</p>