Problems with svn+ssh

[Christof Kluß]

Hello,

we want to use subversion as version control system for our project. The
project repository is on a Linux server and was created under
/home/kluss with "svnadmin create Project".

The idea is now to access the repository over svn+ssh and therefore do
not need svnserve, but use the normal user/pass combination, as with
ssh. On the Windows command prompt (OpenSSH and SVN from Tigris) I can
access the repository:

svn co svn+ssh://kl...@a.b.c.d/home/kluss/Project

It works, but the password is queried twice.

Now if I use TortoiseSVN with the URL
svn+ssh://kl...@a.b.c.d/home/kluss/Project, TortoisePlink asks for the
username first, then when I press OK the password prompt comes, it
repeats endlessly and I can not stop it until I press several times the
Cancel Button.

Where I make the mistake? Can you give me tips about it?

Greeting
Christof

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[Bob Archer]

> ssh. On the Windows command prompt (OpenSSH and SVN from Tigris) I
> can
> access the repository:
>
> svn co svn+ssh://kl...@a.b.c.d/home/kluss/Project
>
> It works, but the password is queried twice.
>
> Now if I use TortoiseSVN with the URL
> svn+ssh://kl...@a.b.c.d/home/kluss/Project, TortoisePlink asks for
> the
> username first, then when I press OK the password prompt comes, it
> repeats endlessly and I can not stop it until I press several times
> the
> Cancel Button.

From the manual:

When using svn+ssh:// URLs to access a repository, remember that it's the ssh program prompting for authentication, and not the svn client program. That means there's no automatic password-caching going on (see the section called "Client Credentials Caching"). The Subversion client often makes multiple connections to the repository, though users don't normally notice this due to the password caching feature. When using svn+ssh:// URLs, however, users may be annoyed by ssh repeatedly asking for a password for every outbound connection. The solution is to use a separate SSH password-caching tool such as ssh-agent on a Unix-like system, or pageant on Windows.

Go here for further info:
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.serverconfig.svnserve.html#svn.serverconfig.svnserve.sshauth

BOb

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[Wolf Peuker]

Hi Christof,

Christof Kluß schrieb:

> Hello,
>
>
> we want to use subversion as version control system for our project. The
> project repository is on a Linux server and was created under
> /home/kluss with "svnadmin create Project".
>
> The idea is now to access the repository over svn+ssh and therefore do
> not need svnserve, but use the normal user/pass combination, as with
> ssh. On the Windows command prompt (OpenSSH and SVN from Tigris) I can
> access the repository:
>
> svn co svn+ssh://kl...@a.b.c.d/home/kluss/Project
>
> It works, but the password is queried twice.

I suggest the tool Pageant listed on the PuTTY Download Page
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

It can be put in the autostart folder with the keyfile as argument -
works fine for our team.

Regards,
Wolf

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