Also unison/ssh [Re: Win XP SP2: cvs over ssh problems]

[Robert Schmidt]

I get similar symptoms with unison over ssh:
It worked great before SP2 (i.e. 2 hours ago).
After I installed SP2 on the client, unison/ssh just hangs.
The server has been running SP2 for over a week.

Any normal ssh sessions work fine.  I'm also using ssh to forward the
IMAP port (143) to my server's port, which still works.

By adding -rshargs "-vvv" to unison, the last few lines of ssh debug
output is:

Contacting server...
...
debug1: Authentication succeeded (publickey).
debug2: fd 4 setting O_NONBLOCK
debug2: fd 5 setting O_NONBLOCK
debug1: channel 0: new [client-session]
debug3: ssh_session2_open: channel_new: 0
debug2: channel 0: send open
debug1: Entering interactive session.
debug2: callback start
debug2: client_session2_setup: id 0
debug1: Sending command: unison -server
debug2: channel 0: request exec confirm 0
debug2: callback done
debug2: channel 0: open confirm rwindow 0 rmax 32768
debug2: channel 0: rcvd adjust 131072

... and nothing more happens.

For the record: My unison is 2.9.20, Win32 native, *not* the cygwin
port.  cygwin and ssh were already up to date, as of 3-4 days ago.


Cheers,
Rob

Christopher Cobb wrote:
> My XP machine at work was just upgraded to SP2.  Now I'm having problems
> accessing a cvs repository on a linux box over ssh.  Everything was working 
> fine until this SP2 upgrade.
> 
> I can access the cvs host via ssh normally (although in a possibly related
> matter, ssh sometimes seems to be a character behind when using vi remotely --
> has anyone else noticed that behavior?  This was true before the SP2 upgrade). 
> Invoking cvs remotely without a password seems to work fine:
> 
> $ ssh user@cvshost cvs
> Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.
> Usage: cvs [cvs-options] command [command-options-and-arguments]
>   where cvs-options are -q, -n, etc.
>     (specify --help-options for a list of options)
>   where command is add, admin, etc.
>     (specify --help-commands for a list of commands
>      or --help-synonyms for a list of command synonyms)
>   where command-options-and-arguments depend on the specific command
>     (specify -H followed by a command name for command-specific help)
>   Specify --help to receive this message
> 
> The Concurrent Versions System (CVS) is a tool for version control.
> For CVS updates and additional information, see
>     the CVS home page at http://www.cvshome.org/ or
>     Pascal Molli's CVS site at http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs-index.html
> 
> However, if I try to issue a local cvs command (CVS_RSH=ssh, etc., nothing has
> change client side or server side except the SP2 upgrade), then the command 
> hangs:
> 
> $ cvs status myFile.txt
> cvs status: warning: unrecognized response `Warning: No xauth data; using fake
> authentication dat' from cvs servering.
> (never returns)
> 
> Examining the process server side reveals that the cvs process is hung on
> reading stdin:
> 
> # strace -p 5316
> read(0,  <unfinished ...>
> 
> Is anyone aware of any changes in SP2 that would cause this problem?  Are there
> any workarounds?
> 
> cc
> 
> 
> 




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