I access my Linux box CVS repository from my Windows box using Tortoise CVS. It prompts you for a password all day long, which is a PITA. Tortoise CVS docs explain the possible ways to fix this. The most official way is to set up SSH to use a private key with no passphrase – as long as it finds the file, you will get authenticated. Here’s what I did:
Get Putty (including putty.exe, pagent.exe, puttygen.exe, and pscp.exe). Putty r0xx0r5.
Put the putty files in your Windows path somewhere.
Run puttygen.exe to generate a key. Use a blank passphrase. Don’t close the keygen screen yet.
Save the private key to a floppy disk, using the Save button.
Connect to your linux box and edit /home/#you#/.ssh/authorized_keys (creating it if needed).
Copy the public key from the keygen public key edit box to a single line in the authorized_keys file. Save it. chmod 744 on it.
Back in Windows, set up pagent.exe to run on startup, with the following command line: pagent.exe a:myprivatekey
Open TortoiseCVS’s SSH settings (right-click a file and select CVS->Preferences->SSH).
Change the SSH client from TortoisePlink.exe to Plink.exe (the version that came with putty.exe).
Make sure PAgent.exe is running (it lives in the task bar) and has your key loaded up, then try a TortoiseCVS operation.
DANG, it works! Cool… now take care of that private key file! :>
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