From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Hoffman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Does pclcvs support ssh protocol ? Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:21:31 +0000 Message-ID: References: <20080221.063610.71130233.devel@pollock-nageoire.net> <20080221.170258.104071535.devel@pollock-nageoire.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203610935 1239 80.91.229.12 (21 Feb 2008 16:22:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:22:15 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 21 17:22:40 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JSEBz-0000x0-JC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:22:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JSEBU-0007pa-Az for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:22:08 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JSEBA-0007o3-HJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:21:48 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JSEB5-0007gT-UP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:21:48 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JSEB5-0007gN-RF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:21:43 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JSEB5-0000Jy-78 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:21:43 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JSEAz-0001cE-U3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:21:37 +0000 Original-Received: from stud-nat-blk13.trin.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.213.42]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:21:37 +0000 Original-Received: from b3i4old02 by stud-nat-blk13.trin.cam.ac.uk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:21:37 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 22 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: stud-nat-blk13.trin.cam.ac.uk User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) In-Reply-To: <20080221.170258.104071535.devel@pollock-nageoire.net> X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:51738 Archived-At: Pierre Lorenzon wrote: > Not exactly ! Since ssh transaction requires an interactive > sequence during which password is required and send ! Hence > if such a dialog is not allowed by pclcvs is wouldn't work ! > That exactly what append : when I issue # cvs up in the > consol ssh password is required but when I try to use pclcvs > instead NOTHING is required AT ANYTIME !!! and *cvs* buffer > contains : Please calm down. My copy of OpenSSH does not seem to support password input from a device that is not a terminal (such as the Emacs pipe I presume is setting this up). The best thing to do would be to set up public key authentication so you do not need to type in passwords all the time. > Repository : :ext:root@jabberwocky:/web/srv/sources/cvs Logging in as root for routine uses like this is not a good idea.