GitLab requires git@localhost password to push to a repo

Question

I\'m trying to get GitLab up and running on my server. I followed the installation instructions at the gitlab github page and everything went well.

The issue is, whe

Answer 1

There is a ticked for that here.

To determine the cause of the problem check the logs on the server via sudo grep sshd /var/log/auth.log.

Until 13 December 2013 commit b24d5d, the problem was caused on the Vagrant development machine due to excess of permissions for .ssh/. You must have:

chmod 700 ~/.ssh
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

or ssh refuses to make the rsa connection and sudo grep sshd /var/log/auth.log says:

Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for file /home/git/.ssh/authorized_keys    

The problem has been solved by setting sshd to non sctrict mode for development, allowing it to run correctly even it permissions are too free.