Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Rdiff-Backup Windows Integer Overflow Problem

[Josh Nisly]

There's nothing inherent in rdiff-backup that prevents password-based 
authentication, but putty (and plink) are broken (in technical terms, 
they print the password prompt to stdout instead of stderr). What I 
ended up doing was building my own ssh implementation using paramiko.

JoshN

Orion wrote:
> Hi 
>
> Thanks for your reply. I've already reviewed that Wiki page though. Is
> there something on there that you wanted to draw my attention to? If
> it's the public key authentication section, I have to say that I'm not
> at all keen to switch to it if passwords should work.
>
> The last few words at the end of the following implies that it may not
> though. Does anybody know this for certain either way?
>
> ---
>
> Important! You have to answer 'yes' to accept the fingerprint of the
> server. If this not is done rdiff-backup can't use plink.exe and won't
> work nor give you the possibility to answer 'yes'. 
>
> ---
>
> Thanks
>
> Orion
>
> On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:02:27 -0500
> Josh Nisly <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>   
> > See http://wiki.rdiff-backup.org/wiki/index.php/BackupToFromWindowsToLinux
> >
> > Josh Nisly
> >
> >     
>
>