So it looks like plink requires that the host keys be in the Registry. We would have to implement support for this to make it seamless, but fortunately the Putty guys have a script that will import a known_hosts file into the Registry.
See: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/faq.html#faq-hostkeys http://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty/contrib/kh2reg.py?view=markup Christian -- Christian Hammond - chip...@chipx86.com Review Board - http://www.reviewboard.org VMware, Inc. - http://www.vmware.com On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:28 PM, CMOS <manusha1...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi, > sorry for the delay in replying. > i checked the path you specified and i see a known hosts file created > there. it includes the cvs host too. (i am sure this was created by > reviewboard) > When i try to add the repo, it asks me whether i trust that host and i > clicked yes. The hang happens afterwords. > > Hope this is what you asked for. If not please let me know. > > Thanks > CMOS > > On Mar 2, 12:14 am, Christian Hammond <chip...@chipx86.com> wrote: > > Yeah, this is going to remain a problem. When using :ext:, cvs is going > to > > ask for verification on the credentials. That's what we're trying to > solve > > in 1.5, but it seems it's breaking for your setup. It could be something > > specific with a Windows host. I would have to do some further research. > > > > What would really help me is if you can figure out where it's storing the > > verification with a normal user. It's assumed to be in $HOME/.ssh > somewhere, > > but maybe this isn't true with cvs/plink on Windows? > > > > Christian > > > > -- > > Christian Hammond - chip...@chipx86.com > > Review Board -http://www.reviewboard.org > > VMware, Inc. -http://www.vmware.com > > > > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:34 AM, CMOS <manusha1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > now the post-review hangs with following message: > > > > > HTTP POSTing to http://<the server>:88/api/json/reviewrequests/2/diff/ > > > new/: {} > > > > > and as before, the process tree (httpd- > cvs -> cmd -> plink) seem to > > > run without ending. > > > > > On Mar 1, 2:26 pm, CMOS <manusha1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > adding the path to mirror path solved it. > > > > > > On Mar 1, 2:12 pm, CMOS <manusha1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > tried that but did not work. still it hangs. > > > > > i removed that line from the source and tried it and now repo gets > > > > > added, but not sure whether it will work. > > > > > > > To see if it works, i tried to post a review request using > post-review > > > > > and it gives this error: > > > > > > > "The repository path specified is not in the list of known > > > > > repositories (HTTP 200, API Error 206)" > > > > > > > the repository path it looks for is the same path except the user/ > > > > > protocol information. i.e <server name>:/cvs. When adding the repo > to > > > > > RB, i used the same path but with protocol (:ext) and user > > > > > information. > > > > > Am i doing things right? > > > > > > > CMOS > > > > > > > On Mar 1, 1:14 pm, Christian Hammond <chip...@chipx86.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > The HOME issue is something I'm hoping to address before 1.5 is > out > > > the > > > > > > door. > > > > > > > > For now, try adding a new SetEnv directive in the Apache config > for > > > the site > > > > > > that points HOME to some directory in your RB site directory. > You'll > > > need to > > > > > > create this directory and make sure that Apache can write to it. > > > > > > > > Christian > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Christian Hammond - chip...@chipx86.com > > > > > > Review Board -http://www.reviewboard.org > > > > > > VMware, Inc. -http://www.vmware.com > > > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 11:53 PM, CMOS <manusha1...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > hi, > > > > > > > i checked the process tree during hang and saw that httpd > > > startscvs, > > > > > > > which in turn starts plink through a new shell. All these > processes > > > > > > > does not terminate during the hang. > > > > > > > to see if i can try it manually, i invokedcvsdirectly with the > same > > > > > > > command line and it finished in a second. It produces an out > put as > > > > > > > below: > > > > > > > > > > =================================================================== > > > > > > > Checking out CVSROOT/modules > > > > > > > RCS: /cvs/CVSROOT/modules,v > > > > > > > VERS: 1.5 > > > > > > > *************** > > > > > > > > > ... more stuff ... > > > > > > > > > there is no HOME user specific envt variable set for Apache > user, > > > but > > > > > > > there is a system wide variable called HOME (which is created > for a > > > > > > > different purpose though). I use windows. > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > CMOS > > > > > > > > > On Feb 25, 10:52 am, Christian Hammond <chip...@chipx86.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > We're checking to make sure it's a valid repository. That's a > > > large > > > > > > > CVSROOT, > > > > > > > > but shouldn't take that long, certainly. Sounds more like > > > something is > > > > > > > hung > > > > > > > > and not finishing. It may be failing to see the stored > > > certificate and is > > > > > > > > asking for input. > > > > > > > > > > Try to reproduce it and see if thecvsprocess sticks around. > If > > > so, > > > > > > > we'll > > > > > > > > need to figure out the cause. > > > > > > > > > > Is there a $HOME set up for Apache's user? And is this on > Windows > > > or > > > > > > > Linux? > > > > > > > > > > Christian > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Christian Hammond - chip...@chipx86.com > > > > > > > > Review Board -http://www.reviewboard.org > > > > > > > > VMware, Inc. -http://www.vmware.com > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 9:17 PM, CMOS <manusha1...@gmail.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > hi, > > > > > > > > > sorry i should have mentioned this in the first post. When > i > > > fist did > > > > > > > > > it, it presented me the certificate information. (it asked > me > > > whether > > > > > > > > > i trust that host as usual ssh and i said yes.) The hang > > > happens after > > > > > > > > > words! > > > > > > > > > i checked out the source and saw that it tries to cat > > > CVSROOT/modules. > > > > > > > > > What exactly does it try to do there? Ourcvsroot has around > > > 1000 > > > > > > > > > modules. Could that be a reason. (anyway i waited around 12 > > > hours for > > > > > > > > > a response, but it did not succeed). > > > > > > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > > > > CMOS > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 25, 8:46 am, Christian Hammond <chip...@chipx86.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > When using :ext:, we attempt to connect to the host > through > > > ssh to > > > > > > > get > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > certificate information and present it to the user. It > sounds > > > like > > > > > > > this > > > > > > > > > is > > > > > > > > > > somehow failing. We're using the paramiko Python module > for > > > this. > > > > > > > It's > > > > > > > > > > possible that this is having some issues. > > > > > > > > > > > > You can verify this by typing: > > > > > > > > > > > > $ rb-site manage /path/to/your/site shell > > > > > > > > > > > > And then at the Python prompt: > > > > > > > > > > > > >>> from reviewboard.scmtools.sshutils import check_host > > > > > > > > > > >>> check_host("yourcvsserver") > > > > > > > > > > > > That might report some error, or it might just simply > return. > > > If it > > > > > > > > > returns > > > > > > > > > > without printing anything, then it verified the host > > > certificate. If > > > > > > > it > > > > > > > > > > hangs indefinitely, then we'll need to figure that out. > In > > > theory, it > > > > > > > > > would > > > > > > > > > > timeout eventually. > > > > > > > > > > > > If that turns out to not be the problem, then it has to > do > > > with > > > > > > > > > attempting > > > > > > > > > > to cat CVSROOT/modules from that repository. > > > > > > > > > > > > Christian > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > Christian Hammond - chip...@chipx86.com > > > > > > > > > > Review Board -http://www.reviewboard.org > > > > > > > > > > VMware, Inc. -http://www.vmware.com > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 8:25 AM, CMOS < > manusha1...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > hello, > > > > > > > > > > > > > i installed 1.5 beta version of review board in windows > and > > > it > > > > > > > works > > > > > > > > > > > fine, but when i try to add acvsrepository with > modeext, it > > > got > > > > > > > > > > > stuck. 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