gitolite setup getting FATAL: fingerprinting failed for '/tmp/Q3pnE4WVbu'

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I am installing gitolite on a CentOS 5.9 server. I have created the git user, then after `su - git` I have managed to get my public key into the ~/.ssh/ directory, I have successfully cloned the gitolite repo from github and have run `gitolite/install -ln`. Next step is to run gitolite setup. ``` git@hostname [~]# gitolite setup -pk $HOME/.ssh/micha.pub Initialized empty Git repository in /home/git/repositories/gitolite-admin.git/ Initialized empty Git repository in /home/git/repositories/testing.git/ FATAL: fingerprinting failed for '/tmp/Q3pnE4WVbu' ``` Google search and a search here on SO have not helped me resolve this `FATAL` error, and I am now stymied. Am I supposed to have customised the gitolite.conf file previous to running the setup? I have been following the instructions from http://gitolite.com/gitolite/progit.html as they are a little easier for noob like me to understand than the normal gitolite documentation. However these instructions make no mention of customising t…

Accepted Answer

As I mentioned before, that means the ssh key hasn't been properly generated.

Try:

```
ssh-keygen -t rsa -f "${H}/.ssh/micha" -C "Gitolite Admin access (not interactive)" -q -P ""
```

The OP mwotton reports clearing the ~/.ssh from any prior ssh keys was the solution. This is because the `ssh-authkeys.fp_file()` function is called with a find:

```
chomp( my @pubkeys = `find keydir/ -type f -name "*.pub" | sort` );
```

So it can grab previous (possibly corrupted) keys that already were in `~/.ssh`.

gitolite setup getting FATAL: fingerprinting failed for '/tmp/Q3pnE4WVbu'

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