Svn+ssh

[tygre]

Hi all!

I am trying to checkout some code directely from my Amiga to SourceForge (because of SVN) using SVN found on Aminet But everytime I try to checkout using the command given by SF (svn checkout --username=tygre svn+ssh://tygre@svn.code.sf.net/p/amimodradio/code/ amimodradio-code), SVN replies:

SSH: Error reading public key packet.
SSH: Connection to 'tygre@svn.code.sf.net:22' failed.

and then the Guru visits me

SnoopDOS tells me that:

Count Process Name Action Target Name Options Res.
----- ------------ ------ ----------- ------- ----
7 [18] Shell Process Open svn Read OK
8 [18] svn OpenLib utility.library Ver 37 OK
9 [18] svn GetVar SVN_STACK_SIZE Any OK
10 [18] svn Open CONSOLE: Write OK
11 [18] svn OpenLib mathieeesingbas.library Ver 33 OK
12 [18] svn OpenLib mathieeedoubbas.library Ver 33 OK
13 [18] svn OpenLib mathieeedoubtrans.library Ver 33 OK
14 ramlib Load LIBS:mathieeedoubtrans.libr OK
15 ramlib Open LIBS:mathieeedoubtrans.libr Read OK
16 ramlib OpenLib mathieeedoubbas.library Ver 0 OK
17 [18] svn OpenLib bsdsocket.library Ver 3 OK
18 [18] svn OpenDev timer.device Unit 0 OK
19 [18] svn FindVar DISABLE_COMMANDLINE_WILDCAR Local Fail
20 [18] svn OpenDev timer.device Unit 1 OK
21 [18] svn OpenLib locale.library Ver 38 OK
22 [18] svn OpenLib usergroup.library Ver 0 OK
23 [18] svn Open subversion:servers Read Fail
24 [18] svn Open subversion:config Read Fail
25 [18] svn OpenLib amisslmaster.library Ver 3 OK
26 ramlib Load LIBS:amisslmaster.library OK
27 ramlib Open LIBS:amisslmaster.library Read OK
28 [18] svn OpenLib libs:amissl/amissl_v097g.li Ver 3 OK
29 ramlib Load libs:amissl/amissl_v097g.li OK
30 ramlib Open libs:amissl/amissl_v097g.li Read OK
31 [18] svn OpenLib intuition.library Ver 36 OK
32 [18] svn OpenLib utility.library Ver 37 OK
33 [18] svn OpenLib locale.library Ver 38 OK
34 [18] svn GetVar SVN_SSH Any Fail
35 [18] svn Open subversion:sshconfig Read OK
36 [18] svn Open S:GuruHistory Read OK

What am I doing wrong? Has anyone succeeded in using SVN+SSH from the Amiga? Maybe I am using the wrong OpenSSH version?

Thanks in advance!

[tygre]

Hi all!

Anyone has an idea? Or an alternative?

Cheers!

[phx]

This svn port only supports SSH v1, but maybe SourceForge requires SSH v2?

Do you really need SSH encryption when checking out from a public SVN server? Did you try without?

[tygre]

Hi Phx!

Thanks for your reply!

Yes, as far as I understand from this page, SF accepts SSHv1 and it seems that I need SSH to commit but maybe I am mistaken?

What do you think?

[phx]

Yes, the page you are referring to says that v1 should be supported. But there from the error message there seems to be a problem in the protocol. Looking at the source I would say that the SSH-connection with SF does not return the number of bytes for a public key packet which your svn-client expected.

From time to time I am using CVS on SF and this works. No chance to change to CVS?

When you can, you should also check if your svn-repository works with svn-clients on other operating systems.

[tygre]

@phx

Thanks for your answer! Yes, of course I could use CVS, why didn't I think about it, will try tonight!

(Will also try my repo with another SVN client on Windows...)

Cheers!

[tygre]

Hi there!

So, I tried further SVN+SSH and HTTPS and CVS and I seem to hit a wall each time

Following the instructions here, I generate my public/private key pair and submitted my public key at SourceForge.

SVN+SSH
Interestingly, I can connect to a shell on SourceForge using

ssh -t tygre,AmiModRadio@shell.sourceforge.net create

So I think that I have installed everything correctly, including the certificate 594f1775.0 that I found here at SourceForge to replace the one supplied with AmiSSL.

But:

SetEnv SVN_STACK_SIZE 500000
svn checkout --username=tygre https://tygre@svn.code.sf.net/p/amimodradio/code .

returns

svn: PROPFIND request failed on '/p/amimodradio/code'
svn: PROPFIND of '/p/amimodradio/code': Certificate verification error: certificate failure (https://svn.code.sf.net)

And:

SetEnv SVN_STACK_SIZE 500000
svn checkout --username=tygre svn+ssh://tygre@svn.code.sf.net/p/amimodradio/code .

returns

Password for tygre@svn.code.sf.net:
SSH: Error reading public key packet.
SSH: Connection to 'tygre@svn.code.sf.net:22/ failed.

and then the Guru comes for a visit: task "svn", cause "Illegal instruction"

CVS
Following the instructions, I execute the command

SetEnv CVS_RSH=ssh 
cvs -z3 -d:ext:tygre@amimodradio.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/amimodradio checkout code

and get:

cvs checkout: :ext: method not supported by this port of CVS
cvs [checkout aborted]: try :server: instead

So, I try using both :server: and : pserver: (without space, I put a space here not to have a smiley) but to no avail... anyways, I cannot add CVS to my project, it is not available in the admin page of the project, only Git and SVN are (and Mercurial and other stuff) as confirmed here.



I would appreciate any help/suggestion! How can I share my code? I actually don't care about SourceForge or GitHub or whatnot... just want to share my code from my Amiga

Thanks!

[emufan]

maybe not the solution, but something you can try as written here.
on that page look for the "(28) ... .subversion/auth" issue - not the whole unix stuff, but the auth file / the cached server in that folder/file you try to connect to.
if this exists, delete the entry and reconnect.

[phx]

Bad news... but I think the mystery is solved!

Today I tried my CVS client with SSH to check out a SF project and got the same error as you do: "SSH: Error reading public key packet (0, )." Even "cvs update" on my existing source on local disk no longer worked. And I am sure that I committed code to the sditools/fd2pragma project in May!

So it must be broken at the SF-side since a few days. My guess is that they finally disabled SSHv1, because it is exactly the same error message which I get with a private CVS-server which allows SSHv2 only...

[tygre]

@emufan

Thanks for your suggestion! Unfortunately, it did not help :-(

@phx

Aaaargh! So, any idea how/where I could commit my code?

I thought that AmiSSL supported up to v3?

Thanks!

[emufan]

Originally Posted by tygre

@emufan
Thanks for your suggestion! Unfortunately, it did not help :-(

*removed the ssl/tls test , since not usefull here*

Edit: i guess i confused myself over those protocols.
at least you can try to make the console ouput a bit more verbose by using something like: ssh -v // ssh --verbose // svn -v ... if available.

[phx]

Originally Posted by tygre

Aaaargh! So, any idea how/where I could commit my code?

I'm using my own server, which is sitting on a static internet connection.
I wonder why nobody is offering a public CVS/SVN service for Amiga users/projects. Alternatively you can set up your own server. It is not difficult to make a CVS- or SVN-server work.

I thought that AmiSSL supported up to v3?

I didn't need AmiSSL at all, when it still worked. And I also didn't create and upload a key, but typed the SSH password everytime.

[tygre]

@phx

Originally Posted by phx

I'm using my own server, which is sitting on a static internet connection. I wonder why nobody is offering a public CVS/SVN service for Amiga users/projects. Alternatively you can set up your own server. It is not difficult to make a CVS- or SVN-server work.

Thanks for the idea! But I would have really preferred some "known" service... maybe there is a business to start right there: hosting for Amiga projects

Originally Posted by phx

I didn't need AmiSSL at all, when it still worked. And I also didn't create and upload a key, but typed the SSH password everytime.

Ah, but still it does not work anymore, does it?

Cheers!

[tygre]

PS. I am now using AMTelnet and a Raspberry PI to version...