Re: problems with a CVS authentication

[S.Magesh]

HI,

Thanks for your reply ,

But ssh-add commands gives output like this

"Could not open a connection to your authentication agent."

Is there anythingh to start........??

I have started ssh-agent it started sucessfully.

Pls help me to sort out this issue.

S.Magesh

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark D. Baushke" <address@hidden>
To: "S.Magesh" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>; "Fabian Cenedese" <address@hidden>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: problems with a CVS authentication


> S.Magesh <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Iam using CVS Repository in RH 7.3 Linux server ,and i connect my server
> > thru WINCVS via OpenSSH Authetication.
> >
> > My Problem is if i do any changes in my CVS it is asking password each
and
> > every time.
> >
> > How do i stop this , is theri any configuration to make ???
>
> You will want to investigate the ssh-agent command to be used
> in conjunction with the ssh-add command.
>
> > After searching google i tried SSH_KEYGEN and created public and private
> > keys and placed the public keys in the server( renamed to authorized
_keys)
> > but still the problem is not fixed.
>
> The name of the file is $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys and/or
> $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys2 (depending on the version of OpenSSH).
>
> > Pls GURUS help us in solving this problem
>
> Enjoy!
> -- Mark
>
> Typical possibility:
>
> exec ssh-agent $SHELL
> ssh-add
> <enter your pass phrase>
>
> Now, assuming that the $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub (or id_dsa.pub) file has
> been added to your $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys2 file on the server, it
> should be possible to 'ssh server date' without entering your pass
> phrase.
>
> Enjoy!
> -- Mark
>