Github desktop authorication failed -- maybe affect other applications as well

cczzz · 24 May 2022 16:35

I follow this to set the default browser as chrome, as disable the required password whenever boot the computer. Then later I found this:

Authentication failed. Some common reasons include:

- You are not logged in to your account: see File > Options.
- You may need to log out and log back in to refresh your token.
- You do not have permission to access this repository.
- The repository is archived on GitHub. Check the repository settings to confirm you are still permitted to push commits.
- If you use SSH authentication, check that your key is added to the ssh-agent and associated with your account.
- If you use SSH authentication, ensure the host key verification passes for your repository hosting service.
- If you used username / password authentication, you might need to use a Personal Access Token instead of your account password. Check the documentation of your repository hosting service.

whenever I want to fetch or pull. If I choose to sign in browser (seems the only option…), the error appeared.

Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.secrets: Failed to execute program org.freedesktop.secrets: No such file or directory

Any idea? Thank you!

megavolt · 24 May 2022 16:49

github.com/desktop/desktop

Authentication Failure with GitHub Desktop

opened 06:30PM - 04 Jan 20 UTC

closed 10:08PM - 10 Jan 20 UTC

parthe

more-info-needed

I am unable to pull, push for a private repository through the GitHub Desktop in…terface. However, the commands <git push> and <git pull> work perfectly fine when I run them through the command prompt i.e.(Repository -> Open in Command Prompt) A clear and concise description of what the bug is. When I try "Fetch Origin" or "Push" from the GUI of the GitHub Desktop, it shows me the following <img width="451" alt="github_authentication_failure" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/5085600/71769330-92428980-2ed4-11ea-851a-52ec6edc8d41.PNG"> I have ruled out the possibility of all the 5 error messages the interface shows me. Furthermore, if I uninstall GitHub Desktop and reinstall it, the installation interface does not ask me for any login, i.e., it does not completely delete all files during uninstallation (and perhaps uses some old credentials). I tried removing all files in the GitHub folder where the installation was done and then reinstalling the GitHub Desktop app, but saw the same behavior. It is not clear what the backend is for commands clicked via the GitHub Desktop GUI ### Version & OS GitHub Desktop 2.2.4 on Windows 10 Pro

cczzz · 24 May 2022 18:13

Thank you for providing this. I went it over before and just though it was about ssh authorization things… but now I figured out that it can be manually set .git/config url as url=https://username:token@github.repo.git. Then everything worked again.

cczzz · 24 May 2022 18:29

just do not know why this authorization happened and hopefully not impact other applications…

cczzz · 25 May 2022 21:46

I think the best way to solve this would be

sudo pacman -S gnome-keyring libsecret

referred by here

system · 28 May 2022 11:46

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