title: GitLab SSH asking for password (unknown password) Authentication Fails
body: <p>Not a duplicate post (I have searched topic and none resolve the password issue)</p>
  
  <p>This was a working setup with SSH certificates working fine. Have not used in several months and not getting ssh fails to authenticate  and server keeps asking for git password... I have tried every PW set in GitLab and the admin pw on my mac, nothing works. I have issued new certs on the MacBook as follows:</p>
  
  <p><code>ssh-keygen -o -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa</code></p>
  
  <p><code>pbcopy &lt; ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub</code></p>
  
  <p>I get the following the first time as expected (I have cleared the <code>known_hosts</code> file in ~/.ssh`):</p>
  
  <pre><code>The authenticity of host 'example.com (35.231.145.151)' can't be established.
  ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:HbW3g8zUjNSksFbqTiUWPWg2Bq1x8xdGUrliXFzSnUw.
  Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
  Warning: Permanently added 'example.com' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I test the ssh connection using <code>ssh -vT git@gitlab.com</code> I get the following results: </p>
  
  <pre><code>MacBook:exampleCom example$ ssh -v git@example.com
  OpenSSH_7.9p1, LibreSSL 2.7.3
  debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
  debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 48: Applying options for *
  debug1: Connecting to example.com port 22.
  debug1: Connection established.
  debug1: identity file /Users/example/.ssh/id_rsa type 0
  debug1: identity file /Users/example/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
  debug1: identity file /Users/example/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
  debug1: identity file /Users/example/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
  debug1: identity file /Users/example/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1
  debug1: identity file /Users/example/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1
  debug1: identity file /Users/example/.ssh/id_ed25519 type -1
  debug1: identity file /Users/example/.ssh/id_ed25519-cert type -1
  debug1: identity file /Users/example/.ssh/id_xmss type -1
  debug1: identity file /Users/example/.ssh/id_xmss-cert type -1
  debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.9
  debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_6.7p1 Debian-5+deb8u7
  debug1: match: OpenSSH_6.7p1 Debian-5+deb8u7 pat OpenSSH* compat 0x04000000
  debug1: Authenticating to example.com:22 as 'git'
  debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
  debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
  debug1: kex: algorithm: curve25519-sha256@libssh.org
  debug1: kex: host key algorithm: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256
  debug1: kex: server-&gt;client cipher: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com MAC: &lt;implicit&gt; compression: none
  debug1: kex: client-&gt;server cipher: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com MAC: &lt;implicit&gt; compression: none
  debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY
  debug1: Server host key: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 SHA256:J7RwXfLgnsuMlJNo4M0LotFN+XAi6q7ak2tlzJ6ECTI
  debug1: Host 'example.com' is known and matches the ECDSA host key.
  debug1: Found key in /Users/example/.ssh/known_hosts:2
  debug1: rekey after 134217728 blocks
  debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
  debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
  debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
  debug1: rekey after 134217728 blocks
  debug1: Will attempt key: /Users/example/.ssh/id_rsa RSA SHA256:ItsLqWD1sVwEdkp3xIffO0PcAGZx2NdqhIuScZrzjqw agent
  debug1: Will attempt key: /Users/example/.ssh/id_rsa RSA SHA256:lShiocfZXbNH9Cp3+w+aY6XDcSVDDTyBHC52L5Qc3N0
  debug1: Will attempt key: /Users/example/.ssh/id_dsa 
  debug1: Will attempt key: /Users/example/.ssh/id_ecdsa 
  debug1: Will attempt key: /Users/example/.ssh/id_ed25519 
  debug1: Will attempt key: /Users/example/.ssh/id_xmss 
  debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
  debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password
  debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
  debug1: Offering public key: /Users/example/.ssh/id_rsa RSA SHA256:ItsLqWD1sVwEdkp3xIffO0PcAGZx2NdqhIuScZrzjqw agent
  debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password
  debug1: Offering public key: /Users/example/.ssh/id_rsa RSA SHA256:lShiocfZXbNH9Cp3+w+aY6XDcSVDDTyBHC52L5Qc3N0
  debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password
  debug1: Trying private key: /Users/example/.ssh/id_dsa
  debug1: Trying private key: /Users/example/.ssh/id_ecdsa
  debug1: Trying private key: /Users/example/.ssh/id_ed25519
  debug1: Trying private key: /Users/example/.ssh/id_xmss
  debug1: Next authentication method: password
  git@example.com's password: 
  debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password
  Permission denied, please try again.
  git@example.com's password: 
  debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password
  Permission denied, please try again.
  git@example.com's password: 
  debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password
  debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
  git@example.com: Permission denied (publickey,password).
  Have also tried https access and the following error:
  
  MacBook:MyGitRepo jeffb$ git push origin_https https://example.com:4438/root/MyGitRepo.git
  error: src refspec https://example.com does not match any.
  error: failed to push some refs to 'https://example.com:4438/root/MyGitRepo.git'
  </code></pre>