Invalid Username or password - PluralSight

[naveen2086]

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ERROR: Unable to login: Invalid user name or password
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 784, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 437, in extract
self.initialize()
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 395, in initialize
self._real_initialize()
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/pluralsight.py", line 94, in _real_initialize
self._login()
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/pluralsight.py", line 127, in _login
raise ExtractorError('Unable to login: %s' % error, expected=True)
ExtractorError: Unable to login: Invalid user name or password

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I am entering the correct username and password but still getting above error, I am able to login through webpage using the username and password but able to download using youtube-dl.

[dstftw]

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[pendave]

I met this problem as well, and I check out that I have to ACTIVATE the link sent in the email to get my account login normally on https://app.pluralsight.com/id/

Then youtube-dl works well.