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You must have permission to access a Git repository before you can clone or modify a repository. If you try to clone or modify a repository which you do not have permission to access, you\u2019ll encounter the \u201cPlease make sure you have the correct access rights\u201d error.
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This guide discusses the cause of and two potential solutions to this error. It walks you through the solutions step-by-step so you can learn how to use them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please make sure you have the correct access rights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To secure the code within a Git repository<\/a>, the Git protocol restricts who can access a repository.
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You must correctly specify the remote URL for a Git repository to access the project. If you specify the wrong URL, you will likely encounter an error about access rights because you\u2019ll be trying to access a different project over which you may not have control.
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You need to have privileges to access a repository if you want to clone or modify it. For instance, suppose you have a repository on GitHub. If that repository is private, only you should be able to access it. Git makes sure only you can access your repositories by asking you to pass a method of authentication, like a username and password check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Example Scenario<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re going to clone the repository ck-git from GitHub. This repository is protected because it contains demo code that is not for the public’s use.
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To clone this repository, we can use the git clone command<\/a>:
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git clone https:\/\/github.com\/career-karma-tutorials\/ck-git<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
This command retrieves all the code from our remote repository and saves it to our local machine. When we run this command, we encounter this error message:
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Permission denied (publickey,password).\nfatal: Could not read from remote repository.\n\nPlease make sure you have the correct access rights\nand the repository exists.<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s read over this message. Git is telling us we do not have the correct access rights. This means we are either not authenticated or have not been granted access to a repository.
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The most likely cause of this error is that you are not correctly authenticated. This may happen if you have changed your Git credentials or if the location of your repository has moved and a new one over which you have no access rights has replaced the old one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Solution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
There are two potential solutions to this problem:
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