Error of setup public key for gitolite on ubuntu 12.04 server

Question

We follow the post (http://www.bigfastblog.com/gitolite-installation-step-by-step) to install gitolite on ubuntu 12.04 server. When doing /home/git/bin/gitolite setup -pk west_org_selfgen.pub, there is an error:

$/home/git/bin/gitolite setup -pk west_org_selfgen.pub
FATAL: errors found but logfile could not be created
FATAL: /home/git/.gitolite/logs/gitolite-2013-09.log: No such file or directory
FATAL: die      'west_org_selfgen.pub' not a readable file

There are multiple lines in our public key (west_org_selfgen.pub). We did online search and did not find anyone complaining about this kind of error. Was anyone having the problem before? And how to fix it? Thanks.

Answer 1

Make sure you follow gitolite ssh guide

ssh-keygen -t rsa -f west_org_selfgen

That should create the correct pari of keys, with the public one being written in one long line. See for instance "Creating a SSH key with ssh-keygen does not create the .ssh folder".

I prefer starting without a passphrase for test:

ssh-keygen -t rsa -f "${H}/.ssh/myKey" -C "Gitolite Admin access (not interactive)" -q -P ""