fatal: Interactive git shell is not enabled. got the message fatal: Interactive git shell is not enabled

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sophie picture sophie · Jun 20, 2012 · Viewed 14.7k times · Source

I have run this command with root: 

    [root@localhost git-shell-commands]# ssh [email protected]
    [email protected]'s password: 
    Last login: Wed Jun 20 15:08:26 2012 from new-host.home
    fatal: Interactive git shell is not enabled.
    hint: ~/git-shell-commands should exist and have read and execute access.
    Connection to 192.168.1.12 closed.
    [root@localhost git-shell-commands]#

Anybody could told how to solve that problem?

Answer

twalberg picture twalberg · Jun 20, 2012

git help shell gives some pointers on how to set it up. The hint in the output also. The git user need a subdirectory called git-shell-commands in its home directory, with appropriate permissions, and populated with the things you want the user to be able to run.

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