X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/sgt/putty/blobdiff_plain/8452efbc975bdfd2a9891cc1f82f158dc0c7e073..e52455b1fd4e5a129cebe653a777b1f421b18b4f:/doc/plink.but?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/plink.but b/doc/plink.but index 13fa3407..31e59103 100644 --- a/doc/plink.but +++ b/doc/plink.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: plink.but,v 1.6 2001/06/28 13:36:14 owen Exp $ +\versionid $Id: plink.but,v 1.9 2001/09/22 17:34:10 simon Exp $ \C{plink} Using the command-line connection tool Plink @@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ \# Give instructions on how to set up Plink with CVS -\i{Plink} (PuTTY Link), is a command-line connection tool similar to -UNIX \c{ssh}. It is probably not what you want if you want to run an -interactive session in a console window. +\i{Plink} (PuTTY Link) is a command-line connection tool similar to +UNIX \c{ssh}. It is probably not what you want if you want to run +an interactive session in a console window. \H{plink-starting} Starting Plink @@ -103,11 +103,12 @@ To use Plink with CVS, you need to set the environment variable 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}) -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: +\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-ssh-privkey}). 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 @@ -120,6 +121,10 @@ Alternatively, you can use Pageant if Pageant is running (see \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