From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: pcl-cvs on os X over ssh (instead of rsh) Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 23:55:06 -0400 Organization: Bell Sympatico Message-ID: <877j52laa9.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1146717639 10678 80.91.229.2 (4 May 2006 04:40:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 04:40:39 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 04 06:40:39 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FbVde-0006Cs-T9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 May 2006 06:40:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FbVde-0003oM-FO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 May 2006 00:40:30 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wns13feed!worldnet.att.net!207.35.177.252!nf3.bellglobal.com!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:cZ7xaeMDOq6XroJsecRbtNPY3CI= Original-Lines: 18 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 70.55.147.184 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@sympatico.ca Original-X-Trace: news20.bellglobal.com 1146714907 70.55.147.184 (Wed, 03 May 2006 23:55:07 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 23:55:07 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:139172 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: , 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:34795 Archived-At: > It should be noted that the command-line cvs binary prompts for a password > every time and works correctly when supplied a password. Also I am aware > I might be able to sidestep this problem by using RSA authentication through > a public ssh key but I don't want to do this unless its my only option. PCL-CVS does not provide any way for you to give a password. So here are some options: - use RSA authentication with an ssh-agent (or with an empty password, tho it's not recommended). - try fsh, maybe? - arrange for ssh to prompt you for a password in a GUI prompt (via sh-askpass). All you need is for ssh to run over a pipe rather than a tty (search for process-connection-type in pcvs.el to check which one is used in your version and change it to nil if necessary). Tho I've only tried it in an X11 environment. No idea how/if it works elsewhere. Stefan