CVS SCC plugin configuration problem with SSh and public key authentication

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Type: Public Status:Closed Created: 07 Apr 04 04:00 Updated: 08 Apr 04 04:00

--> Igor Pushkov (admin) at 08 Apr 04 04:00 writes

I not know what cover :ssh: protocol (SSH1 or SSH2), I just understand
that it "hiddenly" perfrom normal login, each time when it gets proper
response from server.
And you not need change your infrastructure (change server), just use
:ssh: protocol, instead of :ext:. This is client part support, which
is not need changes to server.
We tested this on our side. First we configure normal SSH access using
plink.exe and SSH2 keys. Then we use the same with :ssh: protocol.
Just for me it start work more faster. However I not sure which
version of SSH it support, since our server accept both.

--> André April (user) at 07 Apr 04 04:00 writes

I finally managed to get it working. Since you can't choose the private
key file (unlike with WinCVS), you have to put your private key in the
default key file, i.e. ~/.ssh/identity.
We are not ready to change the authentication method of our CVS server
right now because it would affect too many people and projects. More
over, the actual configuration of the server associate a cvswrapper as
login shell (people cannot have a login shell on the server) and every
project has its own logins and fake root directory... By the way, using
:ssh: in place of :ext: means ssh version 1, isn't it ? (we accept only
version 2).
Thanks for your help.
André April.
-----Message d'origine-----
De : Pushok Software [mailto:support@pushok.com]
Envoyé : mercredi 7 avril 2004 16:06
À : André April
Objet : Re: [pst77] CVS SCC plugin configuration problem with SSh and
public key authentication
http://www.pushok.com/tickets_messages.php?id=77
cygwin emulates *unix behavior for all thigs. That mean that to
configure ssh to work with key authentication you should place it into
.ssh subfolder of your home directory (inside cygwin file structure).
However, it is much more easily to not use something external to work
via ssh. CVS NT have build in support for this.
Check this ticket for details:
http://www.pushok.com/tickets_messages.php?id=43
Briefly you should specify :ssh: protocol instead :ext: and apply login
command. This is preferred method to access ssh cvs repository, since
it not need password less connection and also it is more faster.
If this will not help you, let me know and I describe in more details
how to use cygwin ssh, but again this is not the best solution.

--> Igor Pushkov (admin) at 07 Apr 04 04:00 writes

cygwin emulates *unix behavior for all thigs. That mean that to
configure ssh to work with key authentication you should place it into
.ssh subfolder of your home directory (inside cygwin file structure).
However, it is much more easily to not use something external to work
via ssh. CVS NT have build in support for this.
Check this ticket for details:
http://www.pushok.com/tickets_messages.php?id=43
Briefly you should specify :ssh: protocol instead :ext: and apply login
command. This is preferred method to access ssh cvs repository, since
it not need password less connection and also it is more faster.
If this will not help you, let me know and I describe in more details
how to use cygwin ssh, but again this is not the best solution.

--> André April (user) at 07 Apr 04 04:00 writes

Dear sir,
I am currently evaluating your CVS SCC plugin for Visual Studio.net.
Our CVS server authenticate users via sshd and public keys (rsa) (no
password).
I set CVS_RSH to C:\cygwin\bin\ssh.exe, but I can' tell ssh to use
C:\cygwin\home\aa\.ssh\id_rsa or any other public key. There is no
information on that topic in the FAQ. It seems that CVS_RSH does not
support any argument, but I need to specify the key!

Could you help me?

By the way, WinCVS enables me to specify the key. It works very well.

Thanks in advance.

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