Cannot clone git repo from ubuntu server with TortoiseGit

Question

I'm facing some problems while git clone a repo from my ubuntu server running gitolite.

First, I got a public key from the developer who wants to clone the repository from the server. It was a rsa key created with putty. So I did the following to parse it from the putty-style to openssh format with:

ssh-keygen -i -f /tmp/ssh2/YourName.pub > /tmp/openssh/YourName.pub (taken from http://gitolite.googlecode.com/git/doc/ssh-troubleshooting.mkd?r=d3a663d03f1027f909732d55d0519bdd84edb62c)

and uploaded the public key along with a new entry for the repo and the new user in the config file to gitolite-admin repo.

So far, so good.

The developer is using **** along with putty to connect to the server, which is running git on a non-standard port and he keeps on getting the same error over and over again:

Cloning into 'D:\path\to\dirctory'...
error: Recv failure: Connection was reset while accessing http://sub.domain.com/info/refs
fatal: HTTP request failed

git did not exit cleanly (exit code 128)

Could anyone give me some advice about this issue?

EDIT:

In the meantime, we managed to git clone the repository by addressing it with the ssh:// protocol instead of git://, so it doesn't seem like it is a problem of the rsa_public.key or something like that.

The iptables on the server are accepting connections through the port for git, but it keeps on giving the above mentioned error.

Could the developer choose OpenSSH when installing msysgit/putty? (as in http://codeslinging.blogspot.fr/2010/01/setting-up-tortoisegit-to-work-with-ssh.html), and generate its keys the usual way (as illustrated in http://wiki.sharpdevelop.net/HowToSetUpGit.ashx). So the rever se http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10224972/how-to-install-setup-tortoisegit-to-work-with-github . — VonC, Jul 10 '12 at 12:34
hey, as far as I know, the developer had putty installed before, installed **msysgit** and **tortoisegit** and created his keys with putty.. — herom, Jul 10 '12 at 12:40
sure but when he installs msysgit and tortoiseGit, he has the choice between openssh (integrated with msysgit) and an external ssh layer (putty). — VonC, Jul 10 '12 at 12:49
Also what exact address the user is using to clone his remote -- gitolite-managed-- repo? Not an http(s) one, I hope? — VonC, Jul 10 '12 at 12:50
he has chosen the external ssh layer (putty) afaik. the address is not an http(s) one. he used git://git@remote.server.com:port/repo.git — herom, Jul 10 '12 at 12:59
Is there any firewall issue? Are you allowed to use the git port (9418)? — VonC, Jul 11 '12 at 06:23
no, there shouldn't be a firewall issue as iptables is accepting traffic for the git port - the port is forwarded and appears to be another port when connecting from outside... now, the developer cloned the repo through ssh:// (and even connecting to the ssh-port!) — herom, Jul 11 '12 at 06:29
Ok: usually the git port is blocked somehow (http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.rtems.user/19350). If not on your side, maybe on the server side. — VonC, Jul 11 '12 at 07:07
@VonC - I know it's a long time ago, but would you consider to change your last comment into an answer so I could mark this question as solved? thanks! — herom, Dec 04 '12 at 08:04

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

The OP herom initially commented that the developer used git://git@remote.server.com:port/repo.git as an address.

I asked if there was any firewall issue, preventing the use of the git port (9418), but the OP mentioned:

no, there shouldn't be a firewall issue as iptables is accepting traffic for the git port - the port is forwarded and appears to be another port when connecting from outside...
Now, the developer cloned the repo through ssh:// (and even connecting to the ssh-port!)

I note that the git port can sometime be blocked, as illustrated in this thread.
If not on the client side, maybe on the server side.

Cannot clone git repo from ubuntu server with TortoiseGit

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