Re: git smart-http do not authent to allow git ls-remote to be called anonymously

From: Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Oct 1, 2012, 00:53 UTC
Message-ID: <CAJo=hJuBHCMBv5FTh6dSkvGR=XCtKn2BRgWgTJwt6kDs49-iEg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAHtLG6Q+XO=LhnKw4hhwtOe2ROeDN1Kg=JN5GTQqdvYjk-Sv4g@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 7:35 AM, 乙酸鋰 <ch3cooli@gmail.com> wrote:

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> I use smart-http on Apache.
> If nothing to be pushed / pulled, I do not want password to be
> supplied. And allow git ls-remote to run without password
>
> *.git/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack
> *.git/info/refs?service=git-receive-pack
>
> I only need authentication on
>
> *.git/git-upload-pack
> *.git/git-receive-pack
>
> /etc/apache/httpd.conf
>
> <LocationMatch "^/git/.*/git-(upload|receive)-pack$">
>     AuthType Basic
>     AuthName "staff only"
>     AuthUserFile /etc/apache/apache.pwd
>     Require valid-user
> </LocationMatch>
>
> However this does not work. It does not ask for password at all.

This sounds like a bug in your Apache configuration. I would verify it prompts for a password as expected before worrying about the Git client:

  curl -v http://localhost/git/blah/git-upload-pack

should fail with a 401 requesting access to "staff only". Once this is working, git will present authorization as necessary during the /git-upload-pack|git-receive-pack calls.