From 9254113316b8ca6285748a6dc96111130a065ce0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 15:05:48 -0400 Subject: seems that webapp ssh password ssh-agent hack is broken on windows after recent ssh changes --- debian/changelog | 2 ++ doc/bugs/windows_ssh_webapp_password_entry_broken.mdwn | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/bugs/windows_ssh_webapp_password_entry_broken.mdwn diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index f03d64b28..71818dcc3 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ git-annex (5.20150508) unstable; urgency=medium available on more architectures in Devian unstable. * Windows: Remove cygwin ssh, the newer version of which has stopped honoring the setting of HOME. Instead, copy msysgit's ssh into PATH. + Note that setting up a remote ssh server using password authentication + is known to be broken in this release on Windows. * Windows: Roll back to an older version of rsync from cygwin. The newer version has some dependency on a newer ssh from cygwin. diff --git a/doc/bugs/windows_ssh_webapp_password_entry_broken.mdwn b/doc/bugs/windows_ssh_webapp_password_entry_broken.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e734e007b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/windows_ssh_webapp_password_entry_broken.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +Recent changes to ssh on Windows have broken the webapps's support for +entering a password when adding a ssh remote. + +Using ssh on windows with an existing remote does work. So as a workaround, +set up a passwordless ssh key that can log into the ssh server. --[[Joey]] -- cgit v1.2.3