[Gordon Werner]

Hi there ....


I am trying to set up CVS so that I can access my cvs repositories from my powerbook.

I followed the instructions as listed here: http://developer.apple.com/internet/...soverview.html

the repository is on my CUBE and seems to work correctly on that machine ... i.e. I can import projects and commit changes, etc ...

This is what I did so far:

1. on my powerbook: created the private and public key
2. SSH'd to my user account on the CUBE and placed the contents of the public key in a new file in .ssh/authorized_keys
3. logged out of my account on the CUBE and then re-ssh'd into that machine (where it askes my password.
4. logged out
5. tried to checkout one of the projects in CVS and it asked for my password
6. whatever else I did ... it asks my password ... apparently ignoring the public/private key

so, can someone explain what I am doing incorrectly? I am using Mac OS 10.3.2

Thanks in advance.


Gordon

[Arkham_c]

Just get ssh working without a password first.

Do "ssh -v hostname" and watch the output. See if you can figure out why it's not working.

[Gordon Werner]

thanks ... I'll give it a try


G.

[Paul McCann]

One thing to watch here is that the key you poke in .ssh/authorized_keys is actually a **single line**, and not chopped up into multiple lines. That snags quite a few people.

Easiest to just do something like the following on your machine...

scp ~/.ssh/key.pub username@cube.whatever:junk.filename
ssh username@cube.whatever "cat junk.filename >>.ssh/authorized_keys"

(yep, you'll have to enter your password twice, and maybe someone can do it
in one fell swoop, but that'll do for now!)

Cheers, and good luck,
Paul

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