(osx 10.4.11) can't push from linux to Apache on mac: can't access location

(osx 10.4.11) can't push from linux to Apache on mac: can't access location

[ddw_music]

Apologies if this has been covered in the past -- I searched the nabble
archives but didn't find the answer.

I'm new to git, and wanted to synchronize repositories between my main
machine (OSX 10.4.11) and satellite net book (puredyne 9.10, based on ubuntu
karmic). I've gotten as far as being able to get the directory listing in
Firefox on the Mac (same machine where Apache is running) at
http://ip.address/~username/git/kc ('git/kc' is the bare repository under
~/Sites/).

I tried to follow the directions in setup-git-server-over-http.txt:

- added at the end of the load module section of httpd.conf:

LoadModule dav_module libexec/httpd/libdav.so

- added at the end of the add module section of httpd.conf:

AddModule mod_dav.c

- added at the end of the file, just above the final "include":

DAVLockDB "/usr/local/apache2/temp/DAV.lock"

  <Location /git/kc>
     DAV on
     AuthType Basic
     AuthName "Git"
     AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache2/conf/passwd.git
     Require valid-user
  </Location>

- chmod -R ugo+w ~/Sites/git

git clone works.

git push... fails. The remote machine says that it couldn't access the
location. Apache's access log shows:

"PROPFIND /~dewdrop/git/kc/ HTTP/1.1" 404 288

404? The folder most certainly exists.

Anyway, I'm confused. I'm not an expert in Web server configuration, would
appreciate some advice.

Thanks!
James
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Re: (osx 10.4.11) can't push from linux to Apache on mac: can't access location

[Tay Ray Chuan]

On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 8:48 AM, ddw_music <jamshark70@gmail.com> wrote:
>[snip]
>
> DAVLockDB "/usr/local/apache2/temp/DAV.lock"
>
>  <Location /git/kc>
>     DAV on
>     AuthType Basic
>     AuthName "Git"
>     AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache2/conf/passwd.git
>     Require valid-user
>  </Location>
>
> - chmod -R ugo+w ~/Sites/git
>
> git clone works.
>
> git push... fails. The remote machine says that it couldn't access the
> location. Apache's access log shows:
>
> "PROPFIND /~dewdrop/git/kc/ HTTP/1.1" 404 288

Where are you pushing to? Look at your <Location> again - you
configured Apache to look out for '/git/kc/', not '/~dewdrop/git/kc/'.

I'm assuming the <Location> isn't nested in something else, that is.

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Ray Chuan

Re: (osx 10.4.11) can't push from linux to Apache on mac: can't access location

[ddw_music]

Tay Ray Chuan wrote:
> 
> Where are you pushing to? Look at your <Location> again - you
> configured Apache to look out for '/git/kc/', not '/~dewdrop/git/kc/'.
> 

Ah... of course. Now I do get the directory listing of the repository on the
remote machine.

Still a problem pushing, though: the famous "cannot lock existing info/refs"
message. I see a reference on a Google group -- a problem/solution post* --
but that's inaccessible to me from mainland China. Likely to be something
simple, but I have actual work that I need to get back to at the moment :-)

* groups.google.com/group/.../0792d1750d764225

Thanks for further advice.
James
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Re: (osx 10.4.11) can't push from linux to Apache on mac: can't access location

[Tay Ray Chuan]

Hi,

On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 2:35 PM, ddw_music <jamshark70@gmail.com> wrote:
> Still a problem pushing, though: the famous "cannot lock existing info/refs"
> message. I see a reference on a Google group -- a problem/solution post* --
> but that's inaccessible to me from mainland China. Likely to be something
> simple, but I have actual work that I need to get back to at the moment :-)

I vaguely remember encountering this. Use a dav client, like cadaver,
to manually release the lock.

  $ cadaver http://yourserver/git/kc/
  > discover info/refs

  <bla bla: look for the lock token>
  > unlock <token>

Sorry if this looks vague - I don't have access to a DAV server.

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Re: (osx 10.4.11) can't push from linux to Apache on mac: can't access location

[ddw_music]

Tay Ray Chuan wrote:
> 
> I vaguely remember encountering this. Use a dav client, like cadaver,
> to manually release the lock.
> 
>   $ cadaver http://yourserver/git/kc/
>   > discover info/refs
> 
>   <bla bla: look for the lock token>
>   > unlock <token>
> 

I do appreciate the help... unfortunately, cadaver reports no locks but the
error persists...

For my purposes, I think I can use git-daemon. It's approaching the point
where it will not be worth dealing with the Apache layer. Unless there is a
simple solution, the HTTP approach seems to be adding complexity without
much benefit.

If anyone out there knows of a straightforward way to set this up, I'm eager
to hear it. (By "straightforward," I mean I'm out of time to fiddle around
with it much more.) If there is no straightforward way, git-daemon it will
be for me.

Thanks.
James
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Re: (osx 10.4.11) can't push from linux to Apache on mac: can't access location

[Jakub Narebski]

ddw_music <jamshark70@gmail.com> writes:
> Tay Ray Chuan wrote:
> > 
> > I vaguely remember encountering this. Use a dav client, like cadaver,
> > to manually release the lock.
> > 
> >   $ cadaver http://yourserver/git/kc/
> >   > discover info/refs
> > 
> >   <bla bla: look for the lock token>
> >   > unlock <token>
> > 
> 
> I do appreciate the help... unfortunately, cadaver reports no locks but the
> error persists...
> 
> For my purposes, I think I can use git-daemon. It's approaching the point
> where it will not be worth dealing with the Apache layer. Unless there is a
> simple solution, the HTTP approach seems to be adding complexity without
> much benefit.
> 
> If anyone out there knows of a straightforward way to set this up, I'm eager
> to hear it. (By "straightforward," I mean I'm out of time to fiddle around
> with it much more.) If there is no straightforward way, git-daemon it will
> be for me.

Why can't you use SSH for pushing instead of "dumb" HTTPS via WebDAV?
This would require having sshd (SSH daemon, i.e. SSH server) installed,
and perhaps Gitosis or Gitolite for access control (so one can use only
single shell account).

git-daemon in default configuration doesn't allow pushing.

I don't know if new "smart" HTTP has support for pushing, and whether
it would be easier to set up than WebDAV..

P.S. You did run git-update-server-info (and added it to 'update'
     hook), didn't you?

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Re: (osx 10.4.11) can't push from linux to Apache on mac: can't access location

[ddw_music]

Jakub Narebski wrote:
> 
> Why can't you use SSH for pushing instead of "dumb" HTTPS via WebDAV?
> This would require having sshd (SSH daemon, i.e. SSH server) installed,
> and perhaps Gitosis or Gitolite for access control (so one can use only
> single shell account).
> 

I'll consider that later on. For the moment -- I spent probably five or six
hours today and fiddling around with the configuration, and I don't have
time to look at any other tools (gitosis etc). (At least osx comes with
"Remote Login" == sshd preinstalled.)

While experimenting with git-daemon this morning, I did get the
functionality that I need working by enabling receive-pack. Yes, I know
that's a security risk, but I'm the only user, behind a hardware router (no
exposed IP address) and I will have the daemon running only for a few
minutes at a time when needed for sync.

I realize this isn't the "correct" or "optimal" configuration, but I know
that it will work for the moment and, as stated, I simply won't have any
further time for experimentation for the next few weeks.



> P.S. You did run git-update-server-info (and added it to 'update' hook),
> didn't you?
> 

Yes, no help.

Thanks, in any case - it's a good tip for the future (and word to the wise
to git noobs who find this in the list archives: avoid HTTP!).

James
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Re: (osx 10.4.11) can't push from linux to Apache on mac: can't access location

[Jakub Narebski]

ddw_music <jamshark70@gmail.com> writes:
> Jakub Narebski wrote:
> > 
> > Why can't you use SSH for pushing instead of "dumb" HTTPS via WebDAV?
> > This would require having sshd (SSH daemon, i.e. SSH server) installed,
> > and perhaps Gitosis or Gitolite for access control (so one can use only
> > single shell account).
> > 
> 
> I'll consider that later on. For the moment -- I spent probably five or six
> hours today and fiddling around with the configuration, and I don't have
> time to look at any other tools (gitosis etc). (At least osx comes with
> "Remote Login" == sshd preinstalled.)

Gitosis / Gitolite would be needed only if there are many people that
you want to have SSH access to git repositories without giving them
all shell access...

> 
> While experimenting with git-daemon this morning, I did get the
> functionality that I need working by enabling receive-pack. Yes, I know
> that's a security risk, but I'm the only user, behind a hardware router (no
> exposed IP address) and I will have the daemon running only for a few
> minutes at a time when needed for sync.
> 
> I realize this isn't the "correct" or "optimal" configuration, but I know
> that it will work for the moment and, as stated, I simply won't have any
> further time for experimentation for the next few weeks.

...but in your situation it would be anough to have on server (i.e. on
computer you want to push to) to have sshd and git installed, and have
sshd enabled (turned on) and git available in your $PATH on server.

Then

  git push <user>@<host>:/path/to/repo.git <branch>

should work (or you can configure remote).

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Re: (osx 10.4.11) can't push from linux to Apache on mac: can't access location

[mobi phil]

was here to report something, and found the post... maybe the
following article can help you:

http://www.mobiphil.com/2010/03/git-on-shared-hosting-with-git-http-backend/#comment-11347

regards