Can not add user with Gitolite

Question

I am newby with gitolite. I\'ve install gitolite on a remote server.

http://dev.remoteserver.com

So I could git-cloning gitolite-admin.git

Answer 1

I was having trouble cloning out the gitolite-admin repository after the initial setup and it was due to the fact that I gave group write permissions to the home folder of the gitolite user git and ssh doesn't like that.

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I checked Check /var/log/secure and saw this :

Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for directory /home/git

So all I had to do was :

sudo chmod g-w /home/git/

References :

• http://www.daveperrett.com/articles/2010/09/14/ssh-authentication-refused/
• http://gitolite.com/gitolite/glssh.html