Re: SSH key support in WinCVS?

[Jay Sachs]

Look into ssh-agent and ssh-add. I don't use WinCVS, but you probably
can do something like (with cygwin):

  <open shell window, preferably cygwin>
  exec ssh-agent bash
  ssh-add
    <enter passphrase>
  exec path/to/wincvs.exe

Wihtout cygwin, I think you'll need to do a bit of cutnpaste to get the
ssh-agent environment variables known to wincvs, but it should be
possible:

  ssh-agent path/to/wincvs
  ssh-add

Or something like that.

jay

Alexandre Parenteau wrote:
> 
> Alex,
> 
> > (I see no metion of a mailing list on cvsgui.org; Is this the right list?)
> 
> Nope, we are on yahoo groups, see the main page of cvsgui.org
> 
> > I am required to give people on Windows machines access to our repository.
> > My experience and the stories on www.cvsgui.org/ssh.html indicate that
> > WinCVS does not support keys that have passphrases[1]. Can this really be
> true?
> > Somebody tell me I'm on drugs, or something.
> 
> WinCvs 1.2 doesn't have the ability to launch cvs in a console, but the beta
> version can.
> 
> No console means no prompting, means no passphrase.
> 
> Regards,
> alex.
> 
> > [1] Not when prompting for passphrase, or when using ssh-agent.
> >
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