I am trying to get an git server repository running. I did install gitolite
when running git info over ssh the server answers
ssh git@myserver info
hello Brian, this is git@hepide01pep1 running gitolite3 on git 1.6.3.2
R W testing
When trying to clone the gitolite-admin repository I get the following error
git clone git@myserver:gitolite-admin
Cloning into 'gitolite-admin'...
FATAL: R any gitolite-admin Brian DENIED by fallthru
(or you mis-spelled the reponame)
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
Same thing happens with this syntax
git clone ssh://git@myserver/gitolite-admin
Cloning into 'gitolite-admin'...
FATAL: R any gitolite-admin Brian DENIED by fallthru
(or you mis-spelled the reponame)
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
Cann anybody give me some useful hints? I checked the Answers here and on the web but didn't find anything that helped me any further.
The accepted answer is a good one if you you're just setting up gitolite, but if you're a new user to an existing installation, you'll get the same error as the one in the question unless you've been added as an administrator.
If you have shell access to the server gitolite lives on, login and switch to the user that gitolite users - usually called
git
.Once logged into the gitolite user, go to the conf file and give yourself RW+ rights on the gitolite-admin repo. Gitolite conf is usually in
/home/git/.gitolite/conf/gitolite.conf
(assuming username isgit
). For a gitolite user namedPeaches
, grant the permissions thusly:Save the file, and run setup from the command line, still as the gitolite user:
If you've been setup as a user correctly, you should be able to clone now.
For more on adding users, see the documentation
Usually bare git repos are using a .git name. Please try to do
git clone git@myserver:gitolite-admin.git
gitolite-admin
is only accessible with the public key named after the git account used for the gitolite server.You are using by default your
brian.pub
, which only gives you access totesting.git
repo.you need to define a
$HOME/.ssh/config
file on your local workstation, in order to record ssh parameters to use the right key.See "gitolite: can connect via ssh, can't clone".
The clone will work:
The OP macbert confirms:
So with the right default key, a
ssh git@myserver info
should this time display the right access forgitolite-admin
repo in the 'hello' message.