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Re: [savannah-help-public] [sr #109445] Developer download using CVS fai
From: |
Laurence Finston |
Subject: |
Re: [savannah-help-public] [sr #109445] Developer download using CVS fails |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:05:38 +0100 |
Hello Bob,
> Lastly if you can't configure the system to avoid rsh for whatever reason then
> in your specific environment you can set the CVS_RSH variable to use ssh.
>
> For sh, bash, ksh, zsh:
>
> CVS_RSH=ssh
> export CVS_RSH
This worked. I'm using public computers at a library, so I can't make changes
to the system.
Thank you very much for your help!
Laurence
> Gesendet: Montag, 15. Januar 2018 um 20:38 Uhr
> Von: "Bob Proulx" <address@hidden>
> An: "Laurence Finston" <address@hidden>, "Bob Proulx" <address@hidden>,
> address@hidden
> Betreff: [sr #109445] Developer download using CVS fails
>
> Follow-up Comment #1, sr #109445 (project administration):
>
> Hello Laurence, You appear to be using rsh instead of ssh trying to access
> CVS. You may not be familiar with rsh but that is one of the classic BSD
> 'r'commands along with rlogin and rcp. But the web is a hostile place and
> those commands use the trust model from 1985 and are no longer safe for use on
> the hostile Internet.
>
> Please use the ssh command to access CVS and for any other remote access on
> the net. It's safe and uses authenticated encrypted access. Savannah only
> allows use of SSH.
>
> You didn't say what system you are using for your client access. If it were a
> Debian system (or derived from Debian) then I would suggest this following:
>
> apt-get purge rsh-client
>
> That will purge rsy, rcp, and rlogin client programs from your system. They
> are not safe on the hostile Internet and are never appropriate there. They
> are only useful on a private LAN for use with a historical legacy
> environment.
>
> If you can't remove it then you can configure it away. Use the
> update-alternatives command.
>
> update-alternatives --display rsh
>
> sudo update-alternatives --config rsh
>
> If you can't remove rsh then you can use update-alternatives --config to
> configure it to select ssh instead of netkit-rsh.
>
> Lastly if you can't configure the system to avoid rsh for whatever reason then
> in your specific environment you can set the CVS_RSH variable to use ssh.
>
> For sh, bash, ksh, zsh:
>
> CVS_RSH=ssh
> export CVS_RSH
>
> For csh, tcsh:
>
> setenv CVS_RSH ssh
>
> Please let me know if this helps you with your access. :-)
>
>
>
>
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