# Can I set up a GIT server w/o administration privileges on a Solaris machine? 4 messages from 2009-06-04 to 2009-06-05. Participants: stuart, Tomas Carnecky, Jakub Narebski. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/19662 ## stuart, 2009-06-04 16:35 Subject: Can I set up a GIT server w/o administration privileges on a Solaris machine? Message-ID: <4A27F7E6.8060405@xnet.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4A27F7E6.8060405%40xnet.com ``` Hi... Can I set up a GIT server w/o administration privileges on a Solaris machine? I think this should be a simple question to answer. I have looked in the archives - but most, if not all, who post are setting up GIT servers using administration privileges. I have a shell account on a Solaris box where I can create web pages and trigger the execution of scripts from those pages...but no administration right. So, I started down the path of privately installing software. However, it became apparent that I need git listing on this port and running that daemon...both of which are almost impossible with out administration rights. So, is there a way to get some basic GIT functionality through serving up web pages and executing CGI scripts. Is there somewhere I can read up on this type of server installation? -thank you ``` ## Tomas Carnecky, 2009-06-04 17:34 Subject: Re: Can I set up a GIT server w/o administration privileges on a Solaris machine? Message-ID: <32C5F26D-7498-440C-8BF4-97AF137EF78F@dbservice.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/32C5F26D-7498-440C-8BF4-97AF137EF78F%40dbservice.com In-Reply-To: <4A27F7E6.8060405@xnet.com> ``` On Jun 4, 2009, at 6:35 PM, stuart wrote: > Hi... > > Can I set up a GIT server w/o administration privileges on a Solaris > machine? > > I think this should be a simple question to answer. I have looked > in the archives - but most, if not all, who post are setting up GIT > servers using administration privileges. I have a shell account on > a Solaris box where I can create web pages and trigger the execution > of scripts from those pages...but no administration right. So, I > started down the path of privately installing software. However, it > became apparent that I need git listing on this port and running > that daemon...both of which are almost impossible with out > administration rights. The default port of the git daemon is 9418. Unix systems usually don't require admin privileges to bind to port >1024. Maybe there's a firewall between you and the solaris box preventing you from connecting to such non-standard port? If you are sure there is no such thing, then simply fire up git-daemon and try to connect to it: (assuming /path/to/repo.git is the git repository on the server) server$ git-daemon --export-all --verbose --base-path=/path/to/ /path/ to/ client$ git ls-remote git:///repo.git If the connection was successful, then stop git-daemon, add '--detach' to its command line and start it again. It will put itself into the background, so you can log off the server and git-daemon will keep runnig. One downside is that it will not be automatically restarted when it crashes, or when the server is restarted. > So, is there a way to get some basic GIT functionality through > serving up web pages and executing CGI scripts. Is there somewhere > I can read up on this type of server installation? Git can be used over dumb http protocol. Fetching through http is fairly easy, simply put the git repo into a directory where the web server has read rights. Pushing through http will likely require you to edit the http server settings. Also, git:// protocol is almost always preferable over http://. tom ``` ## Tomas Carnecky, 2009-06-04 17:37 Subject: Re: Can I set up a GIT server w/o administration privileges on a Solaris machine? Message-ID: <8F7A6F2A-D286-4DC2-B17A-FB016C31B1F2@dbservice.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/8F7A6F2A-D286-4DC2-B17A-FB016C31B1F2%40dbservice.com In-Reply-To: <32C5F26D-7498-440C-8BF4-97AF137EF78F@dbservice.com> ``` On Jun 4, 2009, at 7:34 PM, Tomas Carnecky wrote: > > On Jun 4, 2009, at 6:35 PM, stuart wrote: > >> Hi... >> >> Can I set up a GIT server w/o administration privileges on a >> Solaris machine? >> >> I think this should be a simple question to answer. I have looked >> in the archives - but most, if not all, who post are setting up GIT >> servers using administration privileges. I have a shell account >> on a Solaris box where I can create web pages and trigger the >> execution of scripts from those pages...but no administration >> right. So, I started down the path of privately installing >> software. However, it became apparent that I need git listing on >> this port and running that daemon...both of which are almost >> impossible with out administration rights. > > The default port of the git daemon is 9418. Unix systems usually > don't require admin privileges to bind to port >1024. Maybe there's > a firewall between you and the solaris box preventing you from > connecting to such non-standard port? If you are sure there is no > such thing, then simply fire up git-daemon and try to connect to it: > > (assuming /path/to/repo.git is the git repository on the server) > server$ git-daemon --export-all --verbose --base-path=/path/to/ / > path/to/ > client$ git ls-remote git:///repo.git > > If the connection was successful, then stop git-daemon, add '-- > detach' to its command line and start it again. It will put itself > into the background, so you can log off the server and git-daemon > will keep runnig. One downside is that it will not be automatically > restarted when it crashes, or when the server is restarted. > >> So, is there a way to get some basic GIT functionality through >> serving up web pages and executing CGI scripts. Is there somewhere >> I can read up on this type of server installation? > > Git can be used over dumb http protocol. Fetching through http is > fairly easy, simply put the git repo into a directory where the web > server has read rights. Pushing ... and run git-update-server-info in the git repository. > through http will likely require you to edit the http server > settings. Also, git:// protocol is almost always preferable over > http://. > > tom > ``` ## Jakub Narebski, 2009-06-05 08:42 Subject: Re: Can I set up a GIT server w/o administration privileges on a Solaris machine? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/m3eitz6php.fsf%40localhost.localdomain In-Reply-To: <32C5F26D-7498-440C-8BF4-97AF137EF78F@dbservice.com> ``` Tomas Carnecky writes: > The default port of the git daemon is 9418. Unix systems usually don't > require admin privileges to bind to port >1024. Maybe there's a > firewall between you and the solaris box preventing you from > connecting to such non-standard port? If you are sure there is no such > thing, then simply fire up git-daemon and try to connect to it: > > (assuming /path/to/repo.git is the git repository on the server) > > server$ git-daemon --export-all --verbose \ > --base-path=/path/to/ /path/to/ > client$ git ls-remote git:///repo.git Use dashless form "git daemon" and not "git-daemon", otherwise it cannot be found with modern git installation. -- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git ```