From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: PCL-CVS and SSH Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 21:42:20 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1098913357 31154 80.91.229.6 (27 Oct 2004 21:42:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 21:42:37 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 27 23:42:31 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CMvYt-0004Jc-00 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 23:42:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CMvge-0005CW-WA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:50:33 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!charlie.risq.qc.ca!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:URigqCts4lttiKYWHazU+s4nZOM= Original-Lines: 13 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.24.84 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca Original-X-Trace: charlie.risq.qc.ca 1098913340 132.204.24.84 (Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:42:20 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:42:20 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:126146 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:21526 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:21526 > >> You have to arrange things such that running cvs happens without asking you > >> for a password. Typically this involves setting up an ssh-agent. > > There is no way to make PCL-CVS asks me for a password, or tell it > > this via some variable ? > Not in a terminal, I guess. Running under X it pops up an x11 dialog > asking for the password here. Indeed, the only way is to get SSH to pop a dialog box. But using an ssh-agent is a lot more convenient. Stefan