On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Sampson, Barry <barry.samp...@teejet.com> wrote: > I am attempting to use svnsync over a SSH tunnel, which works, but always > prompts for a password. I already setup ssh key authentication, which does > work fine when performing svn commands.
Ahh. Welcome to the world of "ssh-agent', and the very useful little Perl wrapper for it called 'keychain'. Install 'keychain', read the docs, and you can set up your ssh-agent to be shareable for multiple sessions. > I can establish a SSH tunnel with keys like this – no password prompts: > > ssh servername > > > > Using svn, I can do this without being prompted for a password: > > svn list svn+ssh://servername/path/to/repos > > > > However, this does prompt for a password: > > svnsync sync svn+ssh://servername/path/to/repos > > > > And just for good measure, this does the same thing: > > svnsync sync svn+ssh://username@servername/path/to/repos > > > > Any ideas of what I can do here to eliminate the password prompt? My goal > is to automate a ‘push’ synchronization via hooks scripts.
