Unable to push from terminal to GitHub - access_denied_to_user

Question

I'm trying to push a file from my Ubuntu terminal to GitHub. I have already setup a Personal Token Key on GitHub and pasted the token into the terminal password field during login, but I get an unable to access error. What does that mean? Any tips?

Please note: I am hiding my repository name in the terminal snippet below:

$ git push
Username for 'https://github.com': myemail
Password for 'https://[email protected]': 
remote: {"auth_status":"access_denied_to_user","body":"Permission to username/demo-repo.git denied to username."}
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/username/demo-repo.git/': The requested URL returned error: 403

choroba · Accepted Answer · 2025-09-27 11:14:57Z

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The password can be used to log into the GitHub UI, but it can't be used to interact with the repository from git.

You can generate a token and use it instead of a password (see User → Settings → Developer settings → Personal access tokens), but it's easier to generate an ssh key (see SSH AND GPG Keys under User → Settings).

edited Sep 27 at 11:14

answered Sep 27 at 11:07

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