[6.2 GitHub - Contributing to a Project] - error "Support for password authentication was removed on August 13, 2021" #2009

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This report is about the ProGit book, version 2, English language.

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Describe the bug:

At line:

git push origin slow-blink (6)

Get the error:

emote: Support for password authentication was removed on August 13, 2021.

Steps to reproduce:

user@linux:~/git-folder/blink$ git push origin slow-blink
fatal: cannot exec '/usr/bin/ksshaskpass': No such file or directory
Username for 'https://github.com': user
fatal: cannot exec '/usr/bin/ksshaskpass': No such file or directory
Password for 'https://user@github.com':
remote: Support for password authentication was removed on August 13, 2021.
remote: Please see https://docs.github.com/get-started/getting-started-with-git/about-remote-repositories#cloning-with-https-urls for information on currently recommended modes of authentication.
fatal: Authentication failed for 'https://github.com/tonychacon/blink/'

Expected behavior:

Authenticate with smart http

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