Re: Problems connecting to *nix cvs server using Putty on Win2k

From: Grégoire Weber (gregweb-NOSPAM@i-con.ch)
Date: 11/28/02 

Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 01:19:53 +0100
From: Grégoire Weber <gregweb-NOSPAM@i-con.ch>

Hi Simon,

That was the point, I saw a lot of SSH1_MSG_* in the log
so I tried it with a SSH1 key ...
                               ... and it worked!

Great tip, much thanks!!!

Greetings, Greg

Simon Tatham wrote:
> Grégoire Weber <gregweb-NOSPAM@i-con.ch> wrote:
>
>>The problem is I get a password prompt while connecting to the CVS server.
>
> [assorted debugging details]
>
> Post the contents of the PuTTY Event Log; that's what it's for.
>
> The most likely cause IME is that you've somehow accidentally made
> an SSH1 connection, and hence your SSH2 key isn't helpful. But
> without some details of what PuTTY is _actually_ doing (as opposed
> to what you think you told it to do :-) nobody can tell for sure.