Re: get git not to care about permissions

Thanks for the tip, Eugene, but I'm not sure if this helps me.

I'm trying to set up the repo on a shared directory, which isn't
actually on a physical computer (NetApp is basically a
data-server-in-a-box, and as such I do not directly interface with
it).  Thus, I must access the directory over the school network, which
uses Kerberos security.  I think it is this restriction that is giving
git its issues.

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Eugene Sajine [off-list ref] wrote:

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On Nov 9, 2009 11:06 AM, "sconeman" [off-list ref] wrote:


Hello,

I'm trying to set up git on a NetApp drive at my school, BU.  The NetApp
shares are configured with Windows permissions, and I forget the specifics
(which I can figure out if needed) about why this is the case, but basically
the deal is that if true UNIX permissions were to be used, Windows wouldn't
be able to read the drive.  As such, and because we use the Kerberos
ticketing system, the permissions for the drive are set up such that the
owners (myself and my team members) have full permissions, but nobody else
does.  Git doesn't like this and won't even create a bare repository.  Is
there any way I can get git to ignore permissions and just do what it needs
to do?

Thanks in advance for the help!

-Matt

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On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Eugene Sajine [off-list ref] wrote:

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Hi,

I had almost similar issue - bare repos in my case should be set up under
user which only few guys are having password from. So what I did is just a
small program which creates the bare repo locally and makes secure copy to
this user home. All authentication is hidden from the end user. Then users
can access their repos via git protocol. Ialso fillthe repo with some
additional info for cgit.

Eugene

BTW I'm using "git clone --bare" in this process, so if you have a
repo with working copy you can create a bare one separately, put it on
the server and then connect to it via "git remote add"

Eugene