Question

I tried to install git + gitolite following this manual – using root instalation from server.
I just do not understand if new gitolite users have to have their user accounts?. When I add tester.pub key into keydir folder and configure access to some repository, git always ask for a password and do not allow me to clone anything

git clone [e-mail]:testrepo
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/testuser/git/testrepo/.git/
[e-mail]'s password:
Permission denied (publickey,password).
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

I don’t believe that create system account (adduser testuser) is neccessarry because gitolite should be installable and configurable even without root access onto server.

So could anybody please show me what I have misunderstood?

Thank you very much.

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EDIT:

Well… I reinstall gitolite using client instalation transcript. Now adding and pushing new pub keys successfully changes ~/.ssh/authorized_keys for my git user on server. So it seems better than my first try.
But I still can not clone any repozitory from another place.
When I try to add pub key + edit config for my windows PC with msysgit, then try

$ git clone [e-mail]:project.git
cloning into project...
Fatal ERROR: unable to authenticate
Fatal: the remote end hung up unexpectedly

On other hand when try another linux, it still request for password.

# git clone [e-mail]:project.git
Cloning into project...
[e-mail]'s password: 

Even when I provide password for git user:

fatal: 'project.git' does not appear to be a git repository
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

This was probably caused by broaken system account.

Now I really dont know what to do – should I create somehow .ssh/config on each client to make it work?

Now I am starting to be little bit annoyed and upset and I will probably remove all and try mercurial:-D
Except someone could help me:) Thank you.

Answer 1

Yes thats the problem… me too faced the same.. i created the public key using puttygen ssh2-rsa format gitolite does not accept this. You need to convert to openssh

ssh-keygen -i -f yourname.pub > yourname_openssh.pub

Now use this converted public key