# User Authentication ? 4 messages from 2008-10-11 to 2008-10-13. Participants: Neshama Parhoti, Jakub Narebski. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/15861 ## Neshama Parhoti, 2008-10-11 16:41 Subject: User Authentication ? Message-ID: <912ec82a0810110941t33343fe1mfe1bce58739f79fa@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/912ec82a0810110941t33343fe1mfe1bce58739f79fa%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi All, I want to setup a git server on the web but I need user authentication. >From what I understand, currently git-daemon does not support authentication. Is there any way to achieve that ? I really don't want to give ssh logins for people who I just want to be able to access my repository... Thank you, Pnesh. ``` ## Jakub Narebski, 2008-10-11 18:28 Subject: Re: User Authentication ? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/m3y70vj8ag.fsf%40localhost.localdomain In-Reply-To: <912ec82a0810110941t33343fe1mfe1bce58739f79fa@mail.gmail.com> ``` "Neshama Parhoti" writes: > I want to setup a git server on the web but I need user > authentication. > > From what I understand, currently git-daemon does not support > authentication. The purpose of git-daemon is to allow fast (and bandwidth-saving) anonymous read-only (fetch) access to git repositories. The ability to push via git-daemon was added later, and is turned off by default because it should be used only in special situation. > Is there any way to achieve that ? The reason behind git-daemon not supporting authentication is that re-implementing authentication poorly is a bad idea. If you need authentication there is SSH that provides authentication (for ssh:// protocol), or WebDAV (for HTTP push protocol). Perhaps also future "smart" HTTP server would support some kind of authentification... > I really don't want to give ssh logins for people who I just want to > be able to access my repository... First, you can always set git-shell as shell for those git only accounts. Second, you can set up Gitosis, which IIRC needs only single account, and handles authentication by itself; I have heard also of ssh_acl in this context... I don't know if there is some other equivalent of Gitosis... HTH -- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git ``` ## Neshama Parhoti, 2008-10-13 08:09 Subject: Re: User Authentication ? Message-ID: <912ec82a0810130109k56e2e976kd00678e2ca3bc558@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/912ec82a0810130109k56e2e976kd00678e2ca3bc558%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` Hi, On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 8:28 PM, Jakub Narebski wrote: > "Neshama Parhoti" writes: > >> I want to setup a git server on the web but I need user >> authentication. >> I really don't want to give ssh logins for people who I just want to >> be able to access my repository... > > First, you can always set git-shell as shell for those git only > accounts. Thank you ! That should really be good. Any chance you are aware of documentation or further guidance about how to set this up ? thanks! ``` ## Jakub Narebski, 2008-10-13 08:23 Subject: Re: User Authentication ? Message-ID: <200810131023.07312.jnareb@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200810131023.07312.jnareb%40gmail.com In-Reply-To: <912ec82a0810130109k56e2e976kd00678e2ca3bc558@mail.gmail.com> ``` Neshama Parhoti wrote: > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 8:28 PM, Jakub Narebski wrote: >> "Neshama Parhoti" writes: >> >>> I want to setup a git server on the web but I need user >>> authentication. >>> I really don't want to give ssh logins for people who I just want to >>> be able to access my repository... >> >> First, you can always set git-shell as shell for those git only >> accounts. [...] > > Thank you ! That should really be good. Any chance you are aware of > documentation or further guidance about how to set this up ? I have never had the need, but for Gitosis the seminal reference is I think "Hosting Git repositories, The Easy (and Secure) Way" http://scie.nti.st/2007/11/14/hosting-git-repositories-the-easy-and-secure-way -- Jakub Narebski Poland ```