diff -Nur smeserver-gitweb-1.0.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/gitweb.conf/60ExportAuthHook smeserver-gitweb-1.0.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/gitweb.conf/60ExportAuthHook
--- smeserver-gitweb-1.0.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/gitweb.conf/60ExportAuthHook	2016-06-22 13:57:51.369000000 -0400
+++ smeserver-gitweb-1.0.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/gitweb.conf/60ExportAuthHook	2016-06-22 14:00:02.811000000 -0400
@@ -129,9 +129,16 @@
       
       # See who the effective users are for this repository. The AccountsDB needs
       # to have world read permissions to allow this to work.
-      my $effective_pull_users = $git_db->effective_users_list_from( $properties\{'pull_groups'\},  
-                                                                     $properties\{'pull_users'\} ); 
-      if( grep( /^@http_digest[0]$/, split( / / , $effective_pull_users ) ) ) \{
+      my @pulled_user_groups;
+      for my $ggroup (split(',',$properties\{'pull_groups'\}))
+      \{
+   	my ($name,$passwd,$gid,$members)=getgrnam($ggroup);
+    	push @pulled_user_groups , split(' ',$members);
+      \}
+      push @pulled_user_groups, split(',',$properties\{'pull_users'\});
+      @pulled_user_groups = do \{ my %seen; grep \{ !$seen\{$_\}++ \} @pulled_user_groups \};
+
+      if( grep( /^@http_digest[0]$/, @pulled_user_groups ) ) \{
         # USER IN AUTHORISED LIST -> CHECK PASSWORD
         if( trypass( @http_digest[0], @http_digest[1] ) == 0 ) \{
           return 1;  # EXIT USER IS AUTHORISED -> REPOSITORY VIEW ALLOWED