i checked the gitolite3 config, the key is there, and has the right name. if you inspect the contents of ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub, does it end with the following? NOKKj8iqSrM0FUb1Steb88w7LP8McKRDDwZo2M0GTo8c0fHpQ4Xt/IEt8mHtv sukhanshu at debian l.