-\versionid $Id: plink.but,v 1.4 2001/02/19 23:24:01 owen Exp $
+\versionid $Id: plink.but,v 1.7 2001/08/04 13:06:08 simon Exp $
\C{plink} Using the command-line connection tool Plink
current directory. To add the directory containing Plink to your
\c{PATH} environment variable, type into the console window:
-\c set PATH C:\path\to\putty\directory;%PATH%
+\c set PATH=C:\path\to\putty\directory;%PATH%
This will only work for the lifetime of that particular console
window. To set your \c{PATH} more permanently on Windows NT, use the
You also need to arrange to be able to connect to a remote host
without a password. To do this, either:
-\b Run PuTTY, and create a PuTTY saved session (see
-\k{config-saving}) which specifies your private key file (see
-\k{config-auth}). You will probably also want to specify a username
-to log in as (see \k{config-username}). You should then be able to
-run CVS as follows:
+\b Run PuTTY, and create a PuTTY saved session (see \k{config-saving})
+with the protocol set to SSH (see \k{config-hostname}) and specifies
+your private key file (see \k{config-auth}). You will probably also
+want to specify a username to log in as (see \k{config-username}).
+You should then be able to run CVS as follows:
\c cvs -d :ext:user@sessionname:/path/to/repository co module
\b Ensure Pageant is running, and has your private key stored in it.
+\b Set the environment variable \cw{PLINK_PROTOCOL} to the string
+\c{ssh}, to make sure Plink will try to connect using SSH instead of
+Telnet.
+
\b Run CVS as follows:
\c cvs -d :ext:user@hostname:/path/to/repository co module