* Can I set up a GIT server w/o administration privileges on a Solaris machine?
@ 2009-06-04 16:35 stuart
2009-06-04 17:34 ` Tomas Carnecky
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From: stuart @ 2009-06-04 16:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
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
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* Re: Can I set up a GIT server w/o administration privileges on a Solaris machine?
2009-06-04 16:35 Can I set up a GIT server w/o administration privileges on a Solaris machine? stuart
@ 2009-06-04 17:34 ` Tomas Carnecky
2009-06-04 17:37 ` Tomas Carnecky
2009-06-05 8:42 ` Jakub Narebski
0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Tomas Carnecky @ 2009-06-04 17:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: stuart; +Cc: git
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://<server>/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
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* Re: Can I set up a GIT server w/o administration privileges on a Solaris machine?
2009-06-04 17:34 ` Tomas Carnecky
@ 2009-06-04 17:37 ` Tomas Carnecky
2009-06-05 8:42 ` Jakub Narebski
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Tomas Carnecky @ 2009-06-04 17:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Tomas Carnecky; +Cc: stuart, git
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://<server>/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
>
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* Re: Can I set up a GIT server w/o administration privileges on a Solaris machine?
2009-06-04 17:34 ` Tomas Carnecky
2009-06-04 17:37 ` Tomas Carnecky
@ 2009-06-05 8:42 ` Jakub Narebski
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Jakub Narebski @ 2009-06-05 8:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Tomas Carnecky; +Cc: stuart, git
Tomas Carnecky <tom@dbservice.com> 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://<server>/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
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