[Just got here at home from the office... sorry for the delay] "William E. Kempf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió en el mensaje [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Fernando Cacciola said: > > > Here's a description of my configuration and attempts > > in case someone can help me (hint hint...) > > > > - Windows98 > > - cvs95.exe version: 1.11.4 > > - WinCVS.exe version: 1.3.8.1 Beta 8 Build 1 > > - PuTTY 0.53b > > > > * I have checked out boost this morning on a local working > > directory using pserver (user) access. > > > > * I have generated and uploaded SSH2 Authentification keys. > > It can take several hours for these to take effect. > Yes I know... during the day, I recieved the message "Server didn't accept our key" after I logged in, but much latter it stopped, so I figured that the keys were finally uploaded at SF. But the strange thing is that it kept asking me for a password :-0
> > * I have copied the optional files to my local repository (CVS HOME) > > > > ---------- > > Attempt 1: > > ========== > > > > If I run putty.exe with pageant running with the key loaded, > > and configured as: > > > > Host Name: cvs.boost.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/boost > > Protocol: SSH2 (Port 22) > > Autologin: fcacciola (which is my SourceForge User ID) > > > > and click on 'Open', I'm asked for the password. > > If I enter my SourceForge account password, I get a message saying > > something like: > > > > "welcome to SurceForge.net. This is a restricted shell. > > You cannot execute anything here." > > > > And the conncetion is automatically closed. > > So PuTTY is a dead end... > > No, it's not. This is to be expected. Once the keys you uploaded to > sourceforge take effect, you'll no longer be asked for a password, but > you'll still be ejected after a successful connect. > I see. > > Attempt 3: > > ========== > > > > In a DOS box: > > > > plink.exe cvs.boost.sourceforge.net -l fcacciola -pw <pass> > > cvs -d:ext:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/boost -z3 add > > optional.hpp > > > > after a few seconds I'm stuck there: there is no output but plink.exe > > keeps running... > > On the DOS prompt make sure you have your PATH configured to find cvs.exe > (installed by WinCVS). I did. BTW, I'm using cvs95.exe (which I renamed cvs.exe) instead since I'm running Win98, not WinNT. I assume it's just the same. > Try checking out the boost CVS repository using > the "ext SSH" protocol by doing the following: > > c:> set CVS_RSH=plink > c:> set PLINK_PROTOCOL=ssh > c:> set CVSROOT=:ext:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/boost > c:> cvs -z3 co boost > Aha... I did just the same but without the PLINK_PROTOCOL=ssh I'll try it. > Here's a fairly good document on all of this: > http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Reference/Products/Komodo/komodo-doc-scc.ht ml. > > Another solution would be to use Cygwin instead, which enables you to use > the better documented "Unix" documentation for sourceforge access. > Yes... this is what David suggested and what I'll most likely end up doing. Fernando Cacciola [home] _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
