CVS password

CVS password

[Paulo J. Matos]

Hi all,

I'm using latest emacs on linux and when trying to send a file to
CVS using C-x C-q and after writing log message and pressing C-c
C-c I get:
usw-pr-cvs.sourceforge.net: Connection refused
cvs [commit aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any)

I think it is not sending password because I can commit at the
prompt right away:
pdestroy@localhost:~/projects/catarina/src/fol$ cvs commit -m "Bug on OR elimination rule FIXED." nc.lisp
pdestroy@cvs.catarina.sourceforge.net's password:
Checking in nc.lisp;
/cvsroot/catarina/src/fol/nc.lisp,v  <--  nc.lisp
new revision: 1.2; previous revision: 1.1
done

How can I let emacs know the pass for the CVS?

Best regards,
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Re: CVS password

[Kai Großjohann]

pocm@mega.ist.utl.pt (Paulo J. Matos) writes:

> How can I let emacs know the pass for the CVS?

I take it you are using ssh to access the remote repository.  By using
private/public keys and the ssh-agent feature, you don't need to type
the password every time, it is sufficient to tell it once to the
ssh-agent.

This is more convenient and works around the current Emacs shortcoming.

kai
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Re: CVS password

[Paulo J. Matos]

> pocm@mega.ist.utl.pt (Paulo J. Matos) writes:
> 
> > How can I let emacs know the pass for the CVS?
> 
> I take it you are using ssh to access the remote repository.  

Indeed...

>By using
> private/public keys and the ssh-agent feature, you don't need to type
> the password every time, it is sufficient to tell it once to the
> ssh-agent.

How can I do that?
Even on the command line, when commiting a file I need always to
enter password for each commit.

> 
> This is more convenient and works around the current Emacs shortcoming.
> 
> kai
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Re: CVS password

[Kai Großjohann]

pocm@mega.ist.utl.pt (Paulo J. Matos) writes:

>> pocm@mega.ist.utl.pt (Paulo J. Matos) writes:
>> 
>> By using private/public keys and the ssh-agent feature, you don't
>> need to type the password every time, it is sufficient to tell it
>> once to the ssh-agent.
>
> How can I do that?

Well, this group is about Emacs, not about ssh.  And I'm short on
time.  So I suggest to read the man page on ssh-agent ("man
ssh-agent").  If that isn't sufficient info, I'm sure some other
group will help, or maybe someone else on this group.

kai
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Re: CVS password

[Richard V. Molen]

Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> pocm@mega.ist.utl.pt (Paulo J. Matos) writes:
> 
> >> pocm@mega.ist.utl.pt (Paulo J. Matos) writes:
> >> 
> >> By using private/public keys and the ssh-agent feature, you don't
> >> need to type the password every time, it is sufficient to tell it
> >> once to the ssh-agent.
> >
> > How can I do that?
> 
> Well, this group is about Emacs, not about ssh.  And I'm short on
> time.  So I suggest to read the man page on ssh-agent ("man
> ssh-agent").  If that isn't sufficient info, I'm sure some other
> group will help, or maybe someone else on this group.

While Kai is right, I can feel your pain.  First ssh-agent uses
passphrases, I don't know if this works with passwords.  Here's how
I start ssh-agent from a bash prompt...

exec ssh-agent $SHELL

...this replaces your current bash session with the ssh-agent which in
turn spawns(?) a bash shell.  Everything that is run from this new
shell have the benefit of not needing a passphrase.  But before that
you need to run 'ssh-add' and enter the passphrase once.  Then you
can, for example, run 'startx &' to start a GUI that needs no
passphrases.

Here's the FAQ... great place to start.  Hope this helps.

http://www.employees.org/~satch/ssh/faq/ssh-faq-1.html

Richard V. Molen

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Re: CVS password

[Kai Großjohann]

rvmolen@bambecksystems.com (Richard V. Molen) writes:

> exec ssh-agent $SHELL

You can also do, from ~/.xinitrc, something like

    eval `ssh-agent -s`

Everything started from ~/.xinitrc after that will know about the
ssh-agent.  (This only works if you shell is Bourne-ish.  If you have
a csh-like shell, use -c instead of -s.)

kai
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