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Is it necessary to create a user named 'git' to setup a git server?

git@domain already exists in my university network.

However, the Ubuntu 18.04 server that host git@domain is very unstable.

So I wished to set up a Debian server and install with Git.

Can I use hostname other than git to setup Git server?

It is necessary to create git user account for Git server to work?

Because I read many guides[1][2][3], all of them ask to run adduser git command.

Solution

  • It is recommended to create a dedicated account (for security reason as commented)

    However, nothing in Git involves a specific user name.

    And git@aserver can be seen as an SSH URL, which means there would not even be a "Git server", but simply an sshd (SSH daemon) listening for queries in order to access repositories owned by that account( be it named 'git' or any other name)