Git clone with authentication over HTTP protocol

Question

I have a centos 7 server with a git repo shared over smart http, when I make "git push" the authentication works but when I make "git clone" not works. I want than Git and Apache ask me user and password to clone the repos.

/var/www/git -> Is my repo dir /var/www/html -> Is the web sites dir

My site.conf is:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName miserver.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html

SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /var/www/git
SetEnv GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL
ScriptAlias /git /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/

<Directory /var/www/html/gitweb>
    Options +ExecCGI +FollowSymLinks +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
    AllowOverride All
    order allow,deny
    Allow from all
    AddHandler cgi-script cgi
    DirectoryIndex gitweb.cgi
</Directory>

<Directory /var/www/git>
    DAV On
    Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks Indexes
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "git repository"
    AuthUserFile /var/www/git/.htpasswd
</Directory>

<Files "git-http-backend">
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "Git Access"
    AuthUserFile /var/www/git/.htpasswd
    Require expr !(%{QUERY_STRING} -strmatch '*service=git-receive-pack*' || %{REQUEST_URI} =~ m#/git-receive-pack$#)
    Require valid-user
</Files>

ErrorLog /var/www/html/error.log
CustomLog /var/www/html/access.log combined

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 20 '18 at 20:45

Your configuration uses a Require expr that matches on git-receive-pack. That's the service that's used when you push to the server. In order to make the server require authentication for clones and fetches, you need to match on git-upload-pack as well.

The easiest way to fix this is probably to remove that Require expr line, since it sounds like you want the server to always apply authentication, regardless of the task you're performing. Removing the Require expr lines removes the exemption for non-push operations.

Git clone with authentication over HTTP protocol

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