git clone from internal gitlab repository doesn't work unless I'm running as root

Kevin Dyandradiva 0
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I'm trying to clone an internal gitlab repository, but it keeps giving me this error message

fatal: unable to access 'https://gitlab**************.git/': gnutls_handshake() failed: Error in the pull function.

But somehow, if I'm running as root, the cloning process would run perfectly.

The problem is, I needed this to work because I'm trying to use this repository on Jenkins.

Can someone help me or explain why it only worked if I'm running as root?

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1 Answers

root uses the same version of git and curl.

But it does not use the same:

  • global git config: compare the output of git config --global -l in both instances (root and regular user account).
  • environment configuration (type env in both cases, and compare the environment variables)

In particular, look for sslcainfo (git config --global -l|grep -i ssl) which could reference the certificate needed to contact through TLS your on-premise HTTPS GitLab URL.

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