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I installed a local server for my office intranet and after installing git and gitosis to use it as a repository I cannot access it through ssh. I won't accept the credentials. I edited the ssh configuration file to allow the main user in the ubuntu machine and after a reboot it worked, but hasn't worked after that even if a reboot and restart the ssh server again. What is it that I could be doing wrong? Thanks

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Please tell me you set up gitosis for the git user and not your main account. The way you use sudo ssh tells me there may be some confusion. – Tobu Feb 8 '11 at 18:43
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Gitosis is unmaintained and deprecated in favor of gitolite which you might have better luck with, especially since it has better error messages, debugging capabilities, and documentation.

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An install of gitosis does not allow remote SSH access to the git account if you try something like this:

 $ ssh gitosis.host.com -l git

Also, did you install gitosis from apt-get (or aptitude), or did you install it from source? I have never been able to get the Ubuntu-provided package to work properly; installing from source has always worked flawlessly, for me.

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From source. It won't allow login from any account whatsoever. So I have to plugin my keyboard, mouse and monitor to the server every time I need to change something. Which is annoying. – actionAxolot Feb 8 '11 at 18:15
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Seems like a silly question, but I'm just trying to troubleshoot this: did you follow the installation instructions on the gitosis homepage? – indienick Feb 8 '11 at 18:27
Yes. In fact that was the way I installed it. Everything works ok. The repos and de configuration method of pushing the files works like a charm. The only problem is that whenever I try to ssh to the server, it says that there is a problem with gitosis and doesn't allow the connection. If I do sudo ssh user@host it connects, but won't allow the login with the accounts password. – actionAxolot Feb 8 '11 at 18:31
So, if you try to ssh user@host it works, but ssh git@host does not work? As I mentioned before, you cannot SSH into the git account, used by gitosis. – indienick Feb 8 '11 at 20:13
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