Re: need test server for svn+ssh

Joseph Galbraith wrote:
> Adrian Wilkins wrote:
>> Stefan Küng wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>
>>> Since many people have problems connecting to repositories via
>>> svn+ssh:// I'd like to test this myself. Not sure if I can fix this
>>> though, but at least I can try.
>>> But for that, I need a test server to which I can connect for debugging.
>>> The server would have to be set up so that it asks for username/password
>>> (i.e., it should work that way with an 1.4.x client).
>>
>>> Anyone here has something like this already set up? Would you mind
>>> setting up a test account for me?
>>
>>> Stefan
>>
>> I could set this up, but the server would be rather patchy (prone to long
>> periods of unannounced downtime because it's my TV server and only
>> turns on when
>> it's watched or a recording is scheduled).
>>
>> You can set up a SSH server on windows using Cygwin if you are so
>> inclined ;
>> that should be sufficient for most test purposes since it uses the
>> same SSH
>> server as most of the rest of the internet, OpenSSH.
>
> Stefan,
>
> Our company produces a windows SSH server
> called VShell; I've can get you a license
> for this (no cost) if you'd like.
>
> This is what we use to host our repository
> here.

I've already had the possibility to test this (and fix TortoisePlink).
So it works for common svn+ssh setups now (in the nightly build).

For those which it still doesn't work: there's nothing I can do about
that - if not even the original plink works, then it's either an issue
with the server setup, plink itself or the Subversion library.

Stefan

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