Re: svn+ssh on mingw32?

[Richard Frith-Macdonald]

On 8 Feb 2006, at 10:45, Sheldon Gill wrote:

> Richard Frith-Macdonald wrote:
> > I expect so ... but the question is ... why?
> > My ssh connection works fine.
> > svn+ssh works fine on linux.
> > So the issue must be something to do with the subversion  
> > client ... my guess is it's not picking up the ssh configuration  
> > from ~/.ssh for some reason, but I haven't figured out how/why  
> > that can be the case.  I also don't see how a problem with the  
> > command-line client could also effect the TortoiseSVN stuff ...  
> > which I configured completely independently using Putty stuff  
> > rather than OpenSSH stuff.  That's two different ssh  
> > implementations being used and both giving the same error.
>
> Maybe this will help:
>
> export SVN_SSH=ssh -l rfm -i ~/.ssh/your_key

Thanks ... but I've just now got it working, and I'm inclined to  
stick with what I've got.

I edited 'C:/Documents and Settings/richard/Application Data/ 
Subversion/config'  and added a line to explicitly specify the path  
to my mingw32/msys copy of ssh ...

'ssh = $SVN_SSH C:/msys/1.0/bin/ssh.exe'

I don't know what the built-in/default configuration was doing, but  
whatever it was, it didn't work on my machine.  Possibly something  
stupid like setting the PATH to some default value which contains  
neither my mingw/msys version of ssh nor its own inbuilt one?

> Have you checked that using plink gets you an authenticated  
> connection?

I think I did, but I can't swear to it ... it's a while since I tried  
the putty/plink/pageant route ... to tell the truth I'm happier with  
the familiar openssh stuff.

> Incidentally, are you running any firewall software on your  
> machine?  I've come across some which rely on the process name for  
> permissions. I've also come across virus-scanner/security tools  
> which don't play too nicely. Suspect them as well.

No .. I do my firewalling on a separate router.