setting up my own git server

[Bruce Labitt]

On 10/9/22 2:41 PM, Šarūnas wrote:
> On 09/10/2022 14.32, Bruce Labitt wrote:
>> I am trying to accomplish this and am running into a couple of 
>> problems.  Following the instructions at: 
>> https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/blog/classic-sysadmin-how-to-run-your-own-git-server
>>
>>  Specifically, the command $
>>
>> cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | sshgit at remote-server  "mkdir -p ~/.ssh && cat
>> >>  ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"
>>
>> fails  with the message bash: /home/git/.ssh/authorized_keys:
>> Permission denied
>
> I don't know about git server (probably just a host with SSH access?), 
> but copying your public key to remote host can be done with:
>
> ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub git at remote-server
>
> It always worked.
>
> Good luck,
>
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I am getting permission denied.  Here's the question.  I am logged in as 
bruce on the remote, and pushing my id_rsa.pub to user git on the 
remote-server.  Do I need to instead be user git on the remote, create 
ssh keys, and then push them to remote-server?  When I created the git 
user on both computers, they have no sudoer privileges.  When I did 
adduser, I forgot to use the -m flag, so there's no home/git on the 
remote.  But there is a /home/git on the server.

$ ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub git at rpi4.local
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: Source of key(s) to be installed: 
"/home/bruce/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: attempting to log in with the new key(s), to 
filter out any that are already installed
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: 1 key(s) remain to be installed -- if you 
are prompted now it is to install the new keys
git at rpi4.local's password:
sh: 1: cannot create .ssh/authorized_keys: Permission denied

This stuff always puzzles me.  There's an obvious explanation for the 
failure, but beats me what it is.