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Discussion on: how to solve this propblem : why link github unable to access to my github account?

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Phil Ashby

Your local credential information (in ~/.git-credentials or however you have configured your local git) has a different identity than the Github repo you are attempting to push to (Manal-Hassan <= local ID, Menn26 <= Github ID). This could be because you were expecting to be permitted to push to someone else's repo (part of their Github repo config), or that your local git user is wrong and should match the Github ID - edit your credentials to fix...