Re: Challenge of setting up git server (repository). Please help!

> From: Gary Yang <garyyang6@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Challenge of setting up git server (repository). Please help!
> To: "Deskin Miller" <deskinm@umich.edu>
> Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
> Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 3:48 PM
> I ran the command,"sudo
> /usr/local/libexec/git-core/git-daemon git-daemon
> --export-all /pub/git &" at public repository
> machine.
> 
> At my private machine, I ran, git pull
> git://svdcgit01.amcc.com/pub/git/u-boot.git HEAD"
> 
> I got: "fatal: The remote end hung up
> unexpectedly"
> 
> At the public repository server, I got
> "'/pub/git/u-boot.git': repository not
> exported." Any idea of this error?
> 
> 
> ps -A | grep inetd
>  8874 ?        00:00:00 xinetd
> 
> It means it uses xinetd.
> 
> I copied git-daemon back to /etc/xinetd.d and added
> git-daemon to the server_args. See below:
> 
> cat /etc/xinetd.d/git-daemon
> # default: off
> # description: The git server offers access to git
> repositories
> service git
> {
>         disable = no
>         type            = UNLISTED
>         port            = 9418
>         socket_type     = stream
>         wait            = no
>         user            = nobody
>         server          =
> /usr/local/libexec/git-core/git-daemon
>         server_args     = git-daemon --inetd --export-all
> --base-path=/pub/git
>         log_on_failure  += USERID
> }
> 
> 
> I kill the daemon
> "/usr/local/libexec/git-core/git-daemon git-daemon
> --export-all /pub/git &". 
> 
> Back to my private box, and did git pull. I got Connection
> refused again. what I did wrong?
> 
> git pull git://svdcgit01.amcc.com/pub/git/u-boot.git HEAD
> svdcgit01.amcc.com[0: 10.66.4.168]: errno=Connection
> refused
> fatal: unable to connect a socket (Connection refused)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Thu, 11/20/08, Deskin Miller
> <deskinm@umich.edu> wrote:
> 
> > From: Deskin Miller <deskinm@umich.edu>
> > Subject: Re: Challenge of setting up git server
> (repository). Please help!
> > To: "Gary Yang" <garyyang6@yahoo.com>
> > Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
> > Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 3:08 PM
> > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 02:43:30PM -0800, Gary Yang
> wrote:
> > > Many thanks for your explanation. I hope I
> understand
> > what you said. I deleted /etc/xinetd.d/git-daemon.
> Then, I
> > tried to git pull. But, I got connection refused. git
> uses
> > port 9418. Should I request IT Admin to open the port
> 9418
> > for me?
> > 
> > You'll need port 9418 open, yes; but since
> it's an
> > unprivileged port (1024 or
> > higher), you can use it as a regular user and
> don't
> > need IT intervention unless you have some firewall set
> up
> > which they need to override for you.
> > 
> > > git pull
> git://git.mycompany.com/pub/git/u-boot.git
> > HEAD
> > > git.mycompany.com[0: 10.66.4.168]:
> errno=Connection
> > refused
> > > fatal: unable to connect a socket (Connection
> refused)
> > 
> > It's possible, and likely simpler, to use
> git-daemon
> > directly, instead of
> > having it be managed by inetd; especially for initial
> > debugging, I'd recommend
> > getting that working before trying to determine if
> > you're having issues with
> > inetd configuration: to do so, just run git-daemon
> with all
> > the same arguments
> > except for --inetd.
> > 
> > You said you deleted the xinetd config, but that's
> only
> > relevant if your
> > machine actually uses inetd as its super-server.  You
> > should do 'ps -A | grep
> > inetd' (which will match either inetd or xinetd),
> and
> > see which one is running.
> > If it's inetd, you should be all set, and the
> issue
> > doesn't look like inetd
> > (assuming you sent it a signal to reload its config
> file). 
> > If on the other
> > hand xinetd is running, you need to use the xinetd
> config
> > file, and fix the
> > server_args to look like the arguments which exist in
> the
> > inetd file.  Again,
> > you need to signal xinetd at this point to reload its
> > configuration.
> > 
> > Based on the linux kernel version you're
> reporting,
> > I'm guessing you have some
> > sort of Red Hat based system, which uses xinetd to the
> best
> > of my knowledge.
> > 
> > > Another question, I got no output of
> "netstat |
> > grep 9418". It means no program runs at port 9418
> at
> > the public repository machine. Is it correct?
> > > 
> > > netstat | grep 9418
> > 
> > netstat translates IP addresses to dns names, and
> ports to
> > service names by
> > default; so, given the line listed in /etc/services,
> this
> > will show
> > '0.0.0.0:git' or something.  Also, it lists
> > established connections, not
> > listening sockets, by default.  I'd recommend
> spending
> > some time with the man
> > page if you're going to use it to debug your
> setup.
> > 
> > Deskin Miller
> 
> 
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