How to automate LinCVS ?

[pankajit09]

Hello,

I am using Lincvs for version control of files.

I open Lincvs from the command prompt through the command "lincvs".
But for each action I have to enter password.


Is there a way to avoid entering password again and again?


I can also open lincvs from the menu but then it doesn't work and shows the following error when I fire an event -->

cmd: cvs -Q diff -N --side-by-side -t -W 500 "main.css"
ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/bin/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory

ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/bin/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory

ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/bin/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory

ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/bin/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory

Permission denied, please try again.

ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/bin/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory

Permission denied, please try again.

ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/bin/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory

Permission denied (publickey,password,keyboard-interactive).

cvs [diff aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any)

[Motoma]

Hello,

I am using Lincvs for version control of files.

I open Lincvs from the command prompt through the command "lincvs".
But for each action I have to enter password.


Is there a way to avoid entering password again and again?


I can also open lincvs from the menu but then it doesn't work and shows the following error when I fire an event -->

cmd: cvs -Q diff -N --side-by-side -t -W 500 "main.css"
ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/bin/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory

ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/bin/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory

ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/bin/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory

ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/bin/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory

Permission denied, please try again.

ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/bin/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory

Permission denied, please try again.

ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/bin/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory

Permission denied (publickey,password,keyboard-interactive).

cvs [diff aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any)

Is the CVS repository located on another machine? Your machine?
It sounds like ssh does not have the fingerprint of the machine it is trying to connect to.

[pankajit09]

Is the CVS repository located on another machine? Your machine?
It sounds like ssh does not have the fingerprint of the machine it is trying to connect to.

Its on another machine.

[Motoma]

Its on another machine.

Could you try something out for me? Connect to the machine directly via ssh. Accept the machine's fingerprint key.

Then try connecting using the menu button.

[pankajit09]

Could you try something out for me? Connect to the machine directly via ssh. Accept the machine's fingerprint key.

Then try connecting using the menu button.

I connected to the machine by the command -->

ssh pan@192.168.60.200

Still the error is the same.
I think the LinCVS needs to be configured for "pan".

Which menu button are you talking ?

[Motoma]

Did you go through the software's documentation? At the bottom of the installation instructions, it mentions some things about creating ssh-askpass.

[pankajit09]

Did you go through the software's documentation? At the bottom of the installation instructions, it mentions some things about creating ssh-askpass.

You mean this -->

If qmake fails on building ssh-askpass or rshwrapper, just search and comment the following few lines in the lincvs.pro file:

!mac:unix:CONFIG += ssh-askpass
!mac:unix:CONFIG += rsh-wrapper

with a # and repeat step 3 and further.

In this case you will need to compile ssh-askpass (This is only required on some systems that don't provide a ssh-askpass tool) and rshwrapper manually. To manually compile do:
$ cd LinCVS/contrib/ssh-askpass
$ qmake ssh-askpass.pro
$ make
$ cd ../rshwrapper
$ make
and copy both binaries into the LinCVS/Tools directory.

[Motoma]

Yes. From the looks of the error you are getting, you do not have the ssh-askpass program on your system.

[pankajit09]

Yes. From the looks of the error you are getting, you do not have the ssh-askpass program on your system.

From the first post I think the problem is that a file is missing.

My environment variable has path as -->

$PATH = /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games

and the ssh-askpass is present in /usr/lib/lincvs/ssh-askpass.

So do you think I have to change the $PATH variable ?

[Motoma]

From the first post I think the problem is that a file is missing.

My environment variable has path as -->

$PATH = /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games

and the ssh-askpass is present in /usr/lib/lincvs/ssh-askpass.

So do you think I have to change the $PATH variable ?

You could try it, but by the error message, it may be hardcoded in to look in the /usr/bin directory. It may be easier just to symlink it there.