I am a newbie with git but seem to have a problem with pushing a git repository over a network. Here is what I do to recreate the problem: 1. create a new git repository on the computer to push to mkdir ~/git/test.git cd !$ git --bare init-db 2. On my local computer I then create a new git repository and add a random file to it: mkdir test git init touch TEST git add . git commit -m "initial commit" 3. Then add the remote computer via: git remote add origin ssh://user@xxxxxxxx/~/git/test.git 4. Then I try to push the local repository to the remote via: git push origin master This is what I get when I do that: fatal: protocol error: bad line length character <---- sometimes this is not there Access denied Access denied Access denied Access denied FATAL ERROR: Server sent disconnect message type 2 (protocol error): "Too many authentication failures for user" I am using cygwin on an XP machine and trying to push to a unix server. I have also tried it between my two computers I have at home and I have the same problem, both are windows machines by the way. I have set up passwordless login via ssh and I can ssh no problem via: ssh user@xxxxxxxx I've been trying to figure this out for two days now, any help would be appreciated Thanks, Aaron -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Access-Denied-when-pushing-git-tp2978561p2978561.html Sent from the git mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html