Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 01:48:37 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: david bryce <davidbryce@fastmail.fm> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSH with Public Key Authentication (Was: Re: Attention: Giorgos Keramidas (Was: CVS Import Permissions)) Message-ID: <20060201234837.GA57878@flame.pc> In-Reply-To: <1138836616.370.253326484@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <1138676399.30955.253148220@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20060131094135.GA2042@flame.pc> <1138836616.370.253326484@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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On 2006-02-02 10:30, david bryce <davidbryce@fastmail.fm> wrote: >On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:41:35 +0200, "Giorgos Keramidas" ><keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> said: >>> We are currently using a pserver installation, with developers using >>> windows machines. We need a way to achieve the same effect with a user on >>> a windows machine doing an import. Do you have any idea how this can be >>> done? Thank you! >> >> I'm not sure. I know that the setting of CVSUMASK on the server machine >> works if you use SSH tunneling though. If it's not too much trouble, you >> can set up SSH-based authentication instead of :pserver: and make sure >> the >> .bashrc or .cshrc of the developers on the server machine sets CVSUMASK >> correctly. >> >> SSH-tunneled CVS is what the FreeBSD project uses in the official CVS >> repository, so I guess this setup works as expected :) > > Giorgos, > > Thanks again for taking the time to reply. I have tried using SSH in > the past, and got stuck setting up the public key login (that's > why we're using pserver). > > I spent a few hours yesterday trying to get SSH going again. I can > login with SSH from the windows machine using Putty, but only when > I use password authentication. In order to use cvs with ssh (using > the plink program in Putty), we must use public key authentication. Unfortunately, I can't help with the Windows side. I'm only using UNIX machines as clients, so Putty is something new to me :-( Perhaps someone else on freebsd-questions can help with Putty?
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