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

From: Gary Yang <garyyang6@yahoo.com>
Date: Nov 20, 2008, 23:48 UTC
Message-ID: <692201.86102.qm@web37905.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20081120230859.GA13683@euler>

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:

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> 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