github - Trying to clone Repo but getting this weird RSA message

Question

I've spent about an hour now trying to figure out this issue, and have tried several different things on Stack Overflow but I've hit a wall each time.

I just got started using Ubuntu and was trying to clone my repo using SSH, but when did that, the message that returned in my terminal was:

Cloning into 'xManualFindx'... Warning: Permanently added the RSA host key for IP address '140.82.112.4' to the list of known hosts. [email protected]: Permission denied (publickey). fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists.

I'm not sure what they are referring to by "RSA host key" and I don't recall ever creating a public key for this repo. I usually work in Windows, so I'm not sure if there's a step I'm missing or if I just forgot something.

Any advice would be most appreciated!

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65910990/trying-to-clone-repo-but-getting-this-weird-rsa-message

Answer 1

to check for any existing keys type ls ~/.ssh

ls ~/.ssh