[NTLUG:Discuss] Can't login to CVS pserver over SSH tunnel

[MadHat]

The problem is with cygwin, and the fact that you are "opening a DOS
prompt".  Use the Cygwin short-cut added when it was installed to launch
a bash shell, otherwise it won't work properly, as the env variables
won't be initiated properly.


On Fri, 2002-02-01 at 10:56, Neil Aggarwal wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> I am trying to follow the instructions posted at
> http://www.prima.eu.org/tobez/cvs-howto.html
> to set up a CVS pserver tunnelled over SSH.
> 
> My server is Linux, so I adapted the server configuration
> from the instructions.  I am attaching the commands that
> I executed in case you need them as a reference.
> 
> 
> I am using a Windows 2000 machine as a client.
> It has the cygwin package with perl, regex, cvs, and ssh installed on it.
> 
> To test the configuration, I went to a DOS prompt,
> changed the directory to C:\cygwin\bin, and executed
> this command:
>   ssh cvs at dev.jammconsulting.com -L 2401:dev.jammconsulting.com:2410 open
> 
> I got these messages:
> Could not create directory '/home/Neil Aggarwal/.ssh'.
> The authenticity of host 'dev.jammconsulting.com (204.130.252.205)' can't be
> established.
> RSA key fingerprint is 77:12:5a:f6:36:c3:40:e7:e8:cc:69:f4:31:7b:f9:13.
> Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
> Failed to add the host to the list of known hosts (/home/Neil
> Aggarwal/.ssh/known_hosts).
> /tmp/filexbkPbz
> 
> I checked on the server and there is this file in /tmp
> prw-------    1 cvs      cvs             0 Jan 31 23:33 filexbkPbz
> 
> So, despite the error messages, it seems like this step has completed
> successfully.
> 
> I then loaded another DOS prompt, changed the directory to c:\cygwin\bin,
> and executed:
>   cvs -d :pserver:neil at localhost:/testproject login
> 
> I got this message:
> (Logging in to neil at localhost)
> CVS password:
> 
> When I typed in the password, I get this message:
> cvs [login aborted]: recv() from server localhost: Connection reset by peer
> 
> Can anyone offer any help?
> 
> Thanks,
> 	Neil.
> 
> --
> Neil Aggarwal
> JAMM Consulting, Inc.    (972) 612-6056, http://www.JAMMConsulting.com
> Custom Internet Development    Websites, Ecommerce, Java, databases
> 
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gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.us.pgp.net --recv-keys 9DDC3E98
Key fingerprint = E786 7B30 7534 DCC2 94D5  91DE E922 0B21 9DDC 3E98