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I installed Gitlab on a Fedora 17 server following this guide and I believe everything works fine, except that I cannot add ssh keys or push my local repository to the server.

When trying to add a SSH key via the web interface I get the message "Fingerprint cannot be generated"

When I try to push the local repo to the server with 

    git remote add origin git@myserver:user/repo.git
    git push -u origin master

It asks me for the password of the git user, which I cannot introduce since it does not have one. How can I fix this? I've tried to search the logs for debugging information but could not find anything.

edit: I've tried adding my public rsa key to authorized_keys and I can ssh without entering the password (the session closes because login is disabled for this user). However, when I try to push origin master I get the following

    fatal: protocol error: bad line length character: This
Pedro G.
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  • Found the solution to the git push problem in this answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22314298/git-push-results-in-fatal-protocol-error-bad-line-length-character-this – Pedro G. Mar 15 '14 at 23:53
  • https://jxqc.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/gitlab-key-is-invalid-fingerprint-cannot-be-generated/ – chip Jul 22 '16 at 07:51

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About the "Fingerprint cannot be generated": GitLab needs access to /tmp for generating fingerprints, and SELinux might be preventing that. Relevant Discussion on GitHub

Pritam Baral
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  • I executed those commands and it works now. Thanks! Now I only need to get the regular git push to work. – Pedro G. Mar 15 '14 at 22:32
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You have to use OpenSSH version of key.

Under *Linux you can get this version of key with command: ssh-keygen -i -f /tmp/id_rsa.pub >>

Under Windows you can use Pyttygen application: open your key, then menu Conversions -> export OpenSSH key.

I guess it helps you :)

Vlad
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