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Git Can't Authentication

Chloe Bennett • • 1 min read
Git Can't Authentication

I'm a developer that has switched to ubuntu and I can't get git to work. I have logged in to git but I still get

> git push origin main:main
remote: No anonymous write access.
fatal: Authentication failed for '

when I try to update the code on GitHub from what's on my PC I'm running

  • Ubuntu: 20.04
  • git: 2.25.1
  • visual studio code: 1.62.2
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1 Answer

Run

git config --global user.name "your_username"

This will set your user.name for git.

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