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Re: [RFC] Single system account for multiple git users

From
Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com>
Date
Jun 30, 2008, 16:56 UTC
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Dmitry Potapov wrote:
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> "The next thing to do is to create a user that will own the repositories
> you want to manage. This user is usually called git, but any name will
> work, and you can have more than one per system if you really want to.
> The user does not need a password, but does need a valid shell
> (otherwise, SSH will refuse to work)."

Does that just mean that the git-shell program has to be listed in /etc/shells?

jdl
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  2. Asheesh LaroiaJun 30, 2008
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  4. Jon LoeligerJun 30, 2008
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  6. Jakub NarebskiJun 30, 2008
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  8. Melchior FRANZJul 1, 2008
  9. Dmitry PotapovJul 2, 2008

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