On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 21:47, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > Wanting to finish up the difflib issue (#2986) with my first commits, I read > http://www.python.org/dev/faq/ > (especially 2.2.2 and 2.3), loaded TortoiseSVN, and successfully did a > read-only checkout. But when I try to do the needed read-write checkout, I > get a blank plink screen and ... nothing. I tried both with 'pythondev@' and > Pageant running and without both after creating a svn.python.org profile. > And ideas what to do next? Is there some step missing from the faq? > > In attempting to verify that my commit privileges are working (2.8.2), I > noticed that in order to log in with putty, or 'register' the private key > with pageant, I need a 'passphrase'. If I gave one when generating the key, > I have no memory of it and cannot find such written down after extensive > search.
There is such a step. SSH keys are protected using a password and needed to decrypt the key, so if you lost the password then you have lost your key. > So if either of the above is the unmentioned missing step, I will > need for someone to replace my current public key after I generate a new > pair. Who is currently available to do so? > Just reply to your email with your new public key attached. There are a couple of us that can replace your old key. > For once, I would like copies of helpful responses sent directly to me. I am > signed up for the digest version of this list and cannot login to change > that. Mailman will not (at the moment, at least) accept the password that it > generated for me and that it sends in the monthly reminders. You can always email the list owners, but since I am one of them I went ahead and manually turned off digest delivery for you, Terry. _______________________________________________ python-committers mailing list python-committers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-committers
