I fixed the problem by weaseling this command to the front of the checkout method in Capistrano's cvs definition file. If someone knows a better way please let me know!
Thanks guys! Dave K. On Jun 26, 3:46 pm, "David K." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If there were some way to do a before or after task I could do this > but it seems to me like connecting to the server and checkout are both > part of a single task. > > On Jun 26, 3:11 pm, "David K." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Anthony, > > > Thanks, I thought it was bash_profile (I'm a UNIX newbie) but > > unfortunately neither work. I am constantly met with a "Connection > > refused" when it comes to checking out from my CVS server. > > > Dave K. > > > On Jun 26, 2:20 pm, "Anthony Ettinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > You could add "export CSV_RSH='ssh'" to your .bashrc file and it will > > > persist for all shell logins. > > > > On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:11 AM, David K. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Jamis, > > > > > I just finally got to revisit what I was doing (since it's non- > > > > billable...) and had another question for you regarding this topic. > > > > You say to set my ssh_options key(s) but that is causing issues - > > > > maybe because the key type for my box is different from my CVS box and > > > > from the dev box? > > > > > In any case, I manually executed what I can see Cap is executing (co > > > > from CVS and create a new release directory) but in my case this > > > > doesn't work unless I first execute "export CVS_RSH=ssh". I know > > > > what's going on here in the background might not be your area of > > > > expertise but do you know a way for me to execute this prior to CVS > > > > checking out the code? > > > > > I tried to run it before :deploy and before :update in both cases it > > > > seems like it's maybe executing it after it's already attempted to hit > > > > the CVS server. > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Dave K. > > > > > On Jun 2, 5:27 pm, "David K." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Jamis, > > > > >> That was quick, thanks! I'll talk to our IT guy and see if he can > > > >> investigate the CVS key issue you mentioned. > > > > >> On Jun 2, 5:20 pm, Jamis Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >> > You want to set ssh_options[:keys], which can be an array. > > > >> > The :host_key option says which kind of key you want the remote host > > > >> > (the host you are connecting to via Capistrano) to use, and you > > > >> > almost > > > >> > never care about that. > > > > >> > However, note that Capistrano doesn't use Net::SSH when connecting to > > > >> > your source repository--only when connecting to the destination host. > > > >> > Thus, you'll need to make sure that CVS (or whatever SCM you use) is > > > >> > using the right key to get at your source repo. That configuration is > > > >> > out of Capistrano's hands. > > > > >> > - Jamis > > > > >> > On Jun 2, 2008, at 3:11 PM,DavidK. wrote: > > > > >> > > I've been trolling over the internet for days trying to find a > > > >> > > solution to a problem I'm having at work. My understanding of the > > > >> > > issue is likely incorrect so please, correct me if I'm wrong. > > > > >> > > I'm trying to deploy a Rails application at work from CVS using > > > >> > > Capistrano (obviously). There are a lot of comments and articles > > > >> > > online saying to do this or that but perhaps my situation is a > > > >> > > special > > > >> > > case - I know it must boil down to SSH keys though. (I'm doing this > > > >> > > from my Macbook btw, running Leopard). > > > > >> > > When I ssh to our CVS server a key gets added to my known_hosts > > > >> > > file > > > >> > > that is "ssh-rsa". When I ssh to our dev box I get another key > > > >> > > that > > > >> > > is "ssh-dss". Since I'm only aware of being able to set a single > > > >> > > host_key in the deploy file are my issues a result of having 2 > > > >> > > different types of keys when Capistrano is trying to use only the > > > >> > > one > > > >> > > I define? > > > > >> > > The flip side of this is that if I run "cap deploy" and let it > > > >> > > create > > > >> > > the keys I get the same thing but if I do it through Capistrano I > > > >> > > don't get a HostKeyMismatch error that I get when my keys are > > > >> > > generated by simple ssh'ing in to the servers. > > > > >> > > Can I define one type of host_key for CVS and another for the app > > > >> > > server? > > > > -- > > > Anthony Ettinger > > > 408-656-2473http://anthony.ettinger.name --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/capistrano -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
