[Savannah-hackers] [ 101505 ] ssh not used by cvs

[nobody]

Support Request #101505, was updated on 2002-Nov-08 02:59
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Category: CVS
Status: Open
Priority: 5
Summary: ssh not used by cvs

By: villate
Date: 2002-Nov-08 17:00
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Users who are not developers of any project will not need to
modify any CVS repository and therefore the anoncvs method
is good enough for them. I do not see any need to give them
ssh access just to read a repository; do you see any
advantages in  doing so?

Giving ssh access to a user means creating a home directory
for him/her, with an .ssh subdirectory where to keep his/her
ssh key. If we did that for every user that registers in
Savannah, we would have a lot of home directories that are
never used.

We only create home directories for users who are
collaborating in at least one project; therefore, when a new
user who is not a developer in any project sends an ssh key,
it will be ignored because there is no home directory where
to keep it.

If you want some developer to be able to modify the
repository of your project, you can simply add him/her to
the developers of your project before he/she attempts to
upload an ssh key.

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By: axiom1
Date: 2002-Nov-08 02:59
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If I use anonymous I can do a cvs checkout of Axiom.
However, if I create a userid and upload an ssh key
then try to to a cvs checkout with my new userid 
(after waiting a few hours for the key to update)
I get a prompt for my savannah password not my
ssh key. My savannah account password is not accepted.

I have a few people who are beginning to get educated
as developers. I can't give them write access until
I'm sure they know how to cooperate using CVS. Each 
of them got userids on savannah. They cannot do the
cvs checkout. I can. The difference is that I'm listed
as a developer. 

I'm puzzled by this. Is it true that these users will
need write access in order to checkout but the anonymous
user doesn't need it?

Or did I miss something?

Tim Daly
address@hidden (axiom)


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