git clone only works for superuser

Hi folks, I use this command to clone my repo from server to my pc: git clone http://user@git.mydomain.nl/webpanel.git

and I get theses errors: error: couldn't connect to host while accessing http://user@git.mydomain.nl/webpanel.git/info/refs fatal: HTTP request failed

but when I issue the very same command with sudo prefixed, it works fine: sudo git clone http://user@git.mydomain.nl/webpanel.git

could you please tell me what it is which needs administrative privileges and how can I enable a simple user to issue the command?

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asked 06 Feb '11, 14:32

sepehr
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You can not access sudo on our platform. You are executing that command from your local system. Since that is the case we would have no way of discovering why your system needs sudo to use git. Something is mis-configured on your system, you should not need sudo or any special privileges to access git on the server.

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answered 06 Feb '11, 15:15

johns
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edited 06 Feb '11, 15:15

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