Installing Git on Ubuntu 12.04

Question

I installed git with gitolite on my vserver using this tutorial.

But I've got a problem to clone the gitolite-admin repo to my computer. The user is created with the option --disabled-password

But if I try to clone with

git clone git@<server>:gitolite-admin.git

he asks not only for the passphrase of my rsa_key but also for the password of the gituser.

Anyone an idea? I thought the user is created without password and I don't know what to type in

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 15 '12 at 14:06

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he asks not only for the passphrase of my rsa_key but also for the password of the gituser.

That means the ssh has failed to authenticate the request through the public_key (either because said public key hasn't been found on the client side, or is incorrectly registered on the server side, or the passphrase hasn't been provided, is the key is passphrase protected, by an ssh-agent).
In that case, ssh default to an account password for identification (wether or not the account is created with a password).

Do a ssh -Tvvv git@<server> to better troubleshoot what exactly causes the ssh command to fail.

answered Sep 15 '12 at 14:06

VonC

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thank you, I found out, that in my /ssh/sshd_config the gituser wasn't allowed to connect – Sven Jung Sep 15 '12 at 15:06
wondering (FOR Sven) - which setting are you referring to - PubkeyAuthentication or something else? – ali haider Jan 23 '13 at 17:23
@alihaider you should put `@Sven` is you want Sven to be notified of your comment. – VonC Jan 23 '13 at 17:47
@VonC thanks - I apparently need more coffee today (besides a brain transplant). – ali haider Jan 23 '13 at 18:00

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 03 '13 at 13:52

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I had the same problem, I solved it by adding

AllowUsers git

in /etc/ssh/sshd_config file

answered Jul 03 '13 at 13:52

EFalco

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Installing Git on Ubuntu 12.04

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