Re: PCL-CVS and SSH

[drkm]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> >> You have to arrange things such that running cvs happens without
>> >> asking you for a password.  Typically this involves setting up
>> >> an ssh-agent.

>> >   There is no way to make PCL-CVS asks me for a password, or tell it
>> > this via some variable ?

>> Not in a terminal, I guess. Running under X it pops up an x11 dialog
>> asking for the password here.

> Indeed, the only way is to get SSH to pop a dialog box.
> But using an ssh-agent is a lot more convenient.

  So, if I understand, what describes Jochen is done by SSH, not by
PCL-CVS.  Right ?  If it is, there is some easy way to make PCL-CVS
asks itself for the password ?  If you describe where the
modifications are to be done, I can try to do something.

--drkm