[Solved] Permission denied when trying to create aur4 repo

lykwydchykyn · 2015-06-08 18:22:52

I'm trying to follow the steps here to migrate my aur packages to aur4. I've created my public key, edited ~/.ssh/config as described, and copied my public key file to my aur4 account settings.

When I run my git clone command I get this:

$ git clone ssh://aur@aur4.archlinux.org/wcgbrowser-git.git
Cloning into 'wcgbrowser-git'...
Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

Is there a step missing here where I need to create the repository on aur4 first, or is that done automatically when I clone? Seems logical, but I couldn't find a way to create the repo either in the web interface or on the wiki. Or is this indeed an authentication issue of some kind?

Last edited by lykwydchykyn (2015-06-08 18:53:57)

WorMzy · 2015-06-08 18:41:11

lykwydchykyn wrote:

is this indeed an authentication issue of some kind?

The "Permission denied (publickey)" message suggests that this is the case. Double-check that your ~/.ssh/config and the public key on the AUR web interface are correct.

lykwydchykyn · 2015-06-08 18:46:57

Ah, looks like I copied the wrong publickey. Thanks for the sanity check.

nomorewindows · 2015-08-02 20:48:53

I've done everything here and mine wants a passphrase for the pub file/key. Even when I put a passphrase in for the key it still doesn't work.

colinkeenan · 2015-08-30 23:49:18

I also got this error when I tried to clone a package I had already migrated and done updates to. I was following the wiki instructions https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar … g_packages which say to

$ git clone ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/foobar.git

However, everything worked fine when I used

$ git clone ssh://aur@aur4.archlinux.org/foobar.git

Notice `aur4` instead of `aur`.

I'm not sure where to fix this. I could try to change the wiki, but it seems like now that https://aur4.archlinux.org/ and https://aur.archlinux.org/ take you to the same place, it shouldn't be necessary to specify aur4 in the clone command.

Last edited by colinkeenan (2015-08-30 23:51:23)

nomorewindows · 2015-08-31 20:28:39

colinkeenan wrote:

I also got this error when I tried to clone a package I had already migrated and done updates to. I was following the wiki instructions https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar … g_packages which say to
$ git clone ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/foobar.git
However, everything worked fine when I used
$ git clone ssh://aur@aur4.archlinux.org/foobar.git
Notice `aur4` instead of `aur`.
I'm not sure where to fix this. I could try to change the wiki, but it seems like now that https://aur4.archlinux.org/ and https://aur.archlinux.org/ take you to the same place, it shouldn't be necessary to specify aur4 in the clone command.

aur4 was temporary for about 2 months. It is now aur as the transition period has ended. You can still upload the stuff and still use the backup at pkgbuild if needed.

colinkeenan · 2015-08-31 20:37:32

nomorewindows wrote:

colinkeenan wrote:
I also got this error when I tried to clone a package I had already migrated and done updates to. I was following the wiki instructions https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar … g_packages which say to
$ git clone ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/foobar.git
However, everything worked fine when I used
$ git clone ssh://aur@aur4.archlinux.org/foobar.git
Notice `aur4` instead of `aur`.
I'm not sure where to fix this. I could try to change the wiki, but it seems like now that https://aur4.archlinux.org/ and https://aur.archlinux.org/ take you to the same place, it shouldn't be necessary to specify aur4 in the clone command.
aur4 was temporary for about 2 months. It is now aur as the transition period has ended. You can still upload the stuff and still use the backup at pkgbuild if needed.

Yes - I know that aur4 was temporary, and therefore it makes sense that the wiki says to use aur, however, I get this error when using aur and therefore still have to use aur4. I have created a bug report concerning this: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/46154

colinkeenan · 2015-09-09 13:14:53

I tried to solve this without editing the wiki by filing this bug report: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/46154. It was closed for not being a bug, so I have fixed the command in the wiki, putting "aur4" back into it because that's what's required to avoid this error.

progandy · 2015-09-09 13:19:47

Did you maybe forget to change "aur4" to "aur" in your ssh config?

colinkeenan · 2015-09-09 13:25:34

@progandy Thank you for providing the correct answer to my problem. I had to use "aur4" because I had

/home/colin %cat /home/colin/.ssh/config
Host aur4.archlinux.org
   IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_aur
   User aur

I've fixed it to

 /home/colin %cat /home/colin/.ssh/config
Host aur.archlinux.org
   IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_aur
   User aur

and now the original wiki command works (and somebody else already undid my previous edit of the wiki)

colinkeenan · 2015-10-22 17:10:33

Problem happened again today when doing a git push. Fixed by removing the local git repository for the package and cloning again. The problem was the previous clone was still using aur4.

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#1 2015-06-08 18:22:52

[Solved] Permission denied when trying to create aur4 repo

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