password problem with git clone gitosis@host:gitosis-admin.git

git, gitosis

Solution

Gitosis never works with passwords. It always uses SSH keys. You need to configure the use of whatever public key goes with the private key you gave it when you ran gitosis-init. You would do this by editing `~/.ssh/config` to include a stanza like

Host githost # hostname you use on the commandline, in git remotes, etc.
HostName 12.34.56.78 # actually IP address or DNS name to connect to
User gitosis
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa # whatever file stores the private key matching the public key you gave gitosis

Problem

I'm confronted with some problems when trying to configure gitosis on Ubuntu. When i run this command ``` git clone gitosis@host:gitosis-admin.git ``` For my local machine i used `git clone git@59.80.70.68:gitosis-admin.git` where 59.80.70.68 is the ip of the server. But I get a password problem. I tried entering password of the server machine, but it fails Kindly help me.

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