This is a quick note on how to create a multi-user git server hosted on your own FreeBSD set-up, using the SSH protocol for reading/writing from/to repositories. Steps to follow (as ‘root‘): Install the ‘git‘ package: pkg_add -r git Create a group called ‘gitusers‘: pw groupadd gitusers Create a user called ‘gitserver‘, part of the […]

Previously I wrote about how to create a multi user git server on FreeBSD using standard UNIX file permissions, allowing users that belong to the same group to read and write from and to the same repository. But what happens when some users outside the group, should only read, while others should also write? Standard file […]