Why does ssh connection to gitlab not work (while http push and clone work fine)?

Question

I run a x86 raring ringtail on a old pc and having installed bitnami gitlab 5.3.

Here is my error msg when trying to push the first master branch in SSH mode:

Answer 1

Check the permissions on the .ssh folder.

Login as the git user and set with

sudo su - git
chmod 700 ~/.ssh
chmod 600 ~/authorized_keys

If still having issues use the verbose output from ssh to gain more info

ssh -v  ssh -T git@my-server.com

(Also it could be a selinux context issue if selinux is enabled and enforcing, see this blog)