Gitlab prompts for password while push for git user

Question

I installed gitlab on my servers at linode. All services of gitlab are working fantastic. I am able to login, create users, repos etc. But the problem I am facing is when I try to push a repo it prompts a password for the git user as follows:

[email protected]'s password 

I have followed the instructions of installing gitlab at: https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/blob/master/doc/install/installation.md and have disable the login got the user git using the following line mentioned in the installation guide:

sudo adduser --disabled-login --gecos 'GitLab' git

I am using gitlab version 6. What could be the problem?

The output of: ssh -Tvvv [email protected] is as follows:

OpenSSH_5.9p1 Debian-5ubuntu1.1, OpenSSL 1.0.1 14 Mar 2012 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for * debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0 debug1: Connecting to gitlab.myserver.com [MY_IP] port 22. debug1: Connection established. debug3: Incorrect RSA1 identifier debug3: Could not load "/home/swaroop/.ssh/id_rsa" as a RSA1 public key debug1: identity file /home/swaroop/.ssh/id_rsa type 1 debug1: Checking blacklist file /usr/share/ssh/blacklist.RSA-2048 debug1: Checking blacklist file /etc/ssh/blacklist.RSA-2048 debug1: identity file /home/swaroop/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1 debug1: identity file /home/swaroop/.ssh/id_dsa type -1 debug1: identity file /home/swaroop/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1 debug1: identity file /home/swaroop/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1 debug1: identity file /home/swaroop/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1 debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_5.9p1 Debian-5ubuntu1.1 debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.9p1 Debian-5ubuntu1.1 pat OpenSSH* debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0 debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.9p1 Debian-5ubuntu1.1 debug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK debug3: load_hostkeys: loading entries for host "gitlab.myserver.com" from file "/home/swaroop/.ssh/known_hosts" debug3: load_hostkeys: found key type ECDSA in file /home/swaroop/.ssh/known_hosts:92 debug3: load_hostkeys: loaded 1 keys debug3: order_hostkeyalgs: prefer hostkeyalgs: [email protected],[email protected],[email protected],ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521 debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: [email protected],[email protected],[email protected],ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],ssh-rsa,ssh-dss debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,arcfour256,arcfour128,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,arcfour,[email protected] debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,arcfour256,arcfour128,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,arcfour,[email protected] debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,[email protected],hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-256-96,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha2-512-96,hmac-ripemd160,[email protected],hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96 debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,[email protected],hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-256-96,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha2-512-96,hmac-ripemd160,[email protected],hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96 debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none,[email protected],zlib debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none,[email protected],zlib debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: first_kex_follows 0  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: reserved 0  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: ssh-rsa,ssh-dss,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,arcfour256,arcfour128,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,arcfour,[email protected] debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,arcfour256,arcfour128,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,arcfour,[email protected] debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,[email protected],hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-256-96,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha2-512-96,hmac-ripemd160,[email protected],hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96 debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,[email protected],hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-256-96,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha2-512-96,hmac-ripemd160,[email protected],hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96 debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none,[email protected] debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none,[email protected] debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: first_kex_follows 0  debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: reserved 0  debug2: mac_setup: found hmac-md5 debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none debug2: mac_setup: found hmac-md5 debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none debug1: sending SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_INIT debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY debug1: Server host key: ECDSA 92:57:61:35:b1:e2:16:3b:7f:ae:e7:8a:dc:0c:98:83 debug3: load_hostkeys: loading entries for host "gitlab.myserver.com" from file "/home/swaroop/.ssh/known_hosts" debug3: load_hostkeys: found key type ECDSA in file /home/swaroop/.ssh/known_hosts:92 debug3: load_hostkeys: loaded 1 keys debug3: load_hostkeys: loading entries for host "MY_IP" from file "/home/swaroop/.ssh/known_hosts" debug3: load_hostkeys: found key type ECDSA in file /home/swaroop/.ssh/known_hosts:93 debug3: load_hostkeys: loaded 1 keys debug1: Host 'gitlab.myserver.com' is known and matches the ECDSA host key. debug1: Found key in /home/swaroop/.ssh/known_hosts:92 debug1: ssh_ecdsa_verify: signature correct debug2: kex_derive_keys debug2: set_newkeys: mode 1 debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS debug2: set_newkeys: mode 0 debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received debug1: Roaming not allowed by server debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent debug2: service_accept: ssh-userauth debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received debug2: key: /home/swaroop/.ssh/id_rsa (0x7fd470589410) debug2: key: /home/swaroop/.ssh/id_dsa ((nil)) debug2: key: /home/swaroop/.ssh/id_ecdsa ((nil)) debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password debug3: start over, passed a different list publickey,password debug3: preferred gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic,publickey,keyboard-interactive,password debug3: authmethod_lookup publickey debug3: remaining preferred: keyboard-interactive,password debug3: authmethod_is_enabled publickey debug1: Next authentication method: publickey debug1: Offering RSA public key: /home/swaroop/.ssh/id_rsa debug3: send_pubkey_test debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password debug1: Trying private key: /home/swaroop/.ssh/id_dsa debug3: no such identity: /home/swaroop/.ssh/id_dsa debug1: Trying private key: /home/swaroop/.ssh/id_ecdsa debug3: no such identity: /home/swaroop/.ssh/id_ecdsa debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method debug3: authmethod_lookup password debug3: remaining preferred: ,password debug3: authmethod_is_enabled password debug1: Next authentication method: password [email protected]'s password:  

Also following is the output when I run: rvmsudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:env:info RAILS_ENV=production

System information System:     Ubuntu 12.04 Current User:   git Using RVM:  yes RVM Version:    1.22.3 Ruby Version:   2.0.0p247 Gem Version:    2.0.7 Bundler Version:1.3.5 Rake Version:   10.1.0  GitLab information Version:    6.0.0 Revision:   6c1c284 Directory:  /home/git/gitlab DB Adapter: mysql2 URL:        http://gitlab.myserver.com HTTP Clone URL: http://gitlab.myserver.com/some-project.git SSH Clone URL:  [email protected]:some-project.git Using LDAP: no Using Omniauth: no  GitLab Shell Version:    1.7.0 Repositories:   /home/git/repositories/ Hooks:      /home/git/gitlab-shell/hooks/ Git:        /usr/bin/git 

Answer 1

I had the same problem but it was because my server only accept ssh login from users of "sshusers".

On /etc/ssh/sshd_config I had the following line :

AllowGroups sshusers 

In order to fix this issue, I added git to sshusers group:

$ sudo adduser git sshusers  

And then it's working.