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Re: VC with CVS over SSH
From: |
Phillip Lord |
Subject: |
Re: VC with CVS over SSH |
Date: |
25 Oct 2002 13:52:12 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2.91 |
>>>>> "Richard" == Richard V Molen <rvmolen@bambecksystems.com> writes:
Richard> Phillip Lord <p.lord@russet.org.uk> writes:
>> I am having some problems with using CVS within vc. The problem
>> is that my ssh connection is password prompting me, and vc-diff
>> doesn't like it (the password prompt comes up in a read only
>> buffer).
Richard> Use ssh-agent along with RSA or DSA passphrase. There are
Richard> many ways to do this, here's one.
Richard> ...From bash command line (after using ssh-keygen to
Richard> generate either an RSA or a DSA passphrase)...
Richard> exec ssh-agent $SHELL ssh-add
Richard> ...ssh-add will prompt for the passphrase and save the key
Richard> for ssh-agent. Now anything started from that shell will
Richard> not need a password (nor passphrase) since the ssh-agent
Richard> will pass the key automagically....
Richard> emacs &
Richard> Hope this helps.
Okay, I guess you are right. I normally don't use ssh-agent, because
I found the documentation a little scary, but it probably is time to
learn it properly!
Thanks.
Phil