using ssh with no username

[Christopher Lee <cl...@herzumsoftware.com>]

Hello all,

I'm very happy that Ivy now ships with a set of more secure  
resolvers, as it will enable the use of Ivy for our internal projects.

I've been having problems with the SSH resolver, and was wondering if  
anyone could help me out.

I want to set up my build script to publish using the ssh-resolver,  
but I do not want to specify a username, so that ivy will prompt for  
a username and password (instead of having to hard code it).  That  
way each developer will have to login as themselves.

however, it seems like if I do not specify the username, even when I  
enter in the correct username/password (replacing guest) from the SSH  
prompt, it cannot authenticate.

I'm trying to figure this out from the current code base, but I  
haven't identified the problem just yet.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.  I do not want to have to use  
ssh key's, as I do not want to have to set up each individual user's  
environment with the keys.


Christopher Lee

fourthcodex
Manager of Product Development

Re: using ssh with no username

[Christopher Lee <cl...@herzumsoftware.com>]

I'm using mac os x 10.4, so when I do not provide a username in the  
XML attributes, it brings up the java prompt.  (even when i run ant  
from the terminal, it brings up the java swing prompt.)

After having looked in the CredentialUtil's class, I tried playing  
around with the code.  It seems to me that even though I can use the  
prompt to provide a username/password, there is another class that is  
overriding/discarding the username.  I did not dig deeper into it  
than that yet.

Christopher Lee

fourthcodex
Manager of Product Development
312.602.1028 (office)
312.952.3553 (cell)


On Dec 15, 2006, at 2:28 AM, Xavier Hanin wrote:

> On 12/13/06, Christopher Lee <cl...@herzumsoftware.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>> I'm very happy that Ivy now ships with a set of more secure  
>> resolvers, as
>> it will enable the use of Ivy for our internal projects.
>>
>> I've been having problems with the SSH resolver, and was wondering if
>> anyone could help me out.
>>
>> I want to set up my build script to publish using the ssh- 
>> resolver, but I
>> do not want to specify a username, so that ivy will prompt for a  
>> username
>> and password (instead of having to hard code it).  That way each  
>> developer
>> will have to login as themselves.
>>
>> however, it seems like if I do not specify the username, even when  
>> I enter
>> in the correct username/password (replacing guest) from the SSH  
>> prompt, it
>> cannot authenticate.
>>
>
> Which prompt are you talking about? I'm not sure which one is  
> really used in
> your case. Depending on your environment, sometime asking for  
> credentials is
> done directly by the system, sometimes it's Ivy which display a  
> dialog. If
> it's Ivy which asks for your creedentials, have a look at the
> CredentialsUtil class, and also the SshCache class. I can't tell  
> really more
> except that it has been tested in real life, but there is no unit  
> test, so
> we may have a regression... I can't test myself since I haven't a good
> environment for the moment.
>
> Xavier
>
> I'm trying to figure this out from the current code base, but I  
> haven't
>> identified the problem just yet.
>>
>> Any suggestions would be appreciated.  I do not want to have to  
>> use ssh
>> key's, as I do not want to have to set up each individual user's  
>> environment
>> with the keys.
>>
>>
>> Christopher Lee
>>
>> fourthcodex
>> Manager of Product Development
>>
>>
>>
>>

Re: using ssh with no username

[Xavier Hanin <xa...@gmail.com>]

On 12/13/06, Christopher Lee <cl...@herzumsoftware.com> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
> I'm very happy that Ivy now ships with a set of more secure resolvers, as
> it will enable the use of Ivy for our internal projects.
>
> I've been having problems with the SSH resolver, and was wondering if
> anyone could help me out.
>
> I want to set up my build script to publish using the ssh-resolver, but I
> do not want to specify a username, so that ivy will prompt for a username
> and password (instead of having to hard code it).  That way each developer
> will have to login as themselves.
>
> however, it seems like if I do not specify the username, even when I enter
> in the correct username/password (replacing guest) from the SSH prompt, it
> cannot authenticate.
>

Which prompt are you talking about? I'm not sure which one is really used in
your case. Depending on your environment, sometime asking for credentials is
done directly by the system, sometimes it's Ivy which display a dialog. If
it's Ivy which asks for your creedentials, have a look at the
CredentialsUtil class, and also the SshCache class. I can't tell really more
except that it has been tested in real life, but there is no unit test, so
we may have a regression... I can't test myself since I haven't a good
environment for the moment.

Xavier

I'm trying to figure this out from the current code base, but I haven't
> identified the problem just yet.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.  I do not want to have to use ssh
> key's, as I do not want to have to set up each individual user's environment
> with the keys.
>
>
> Christopher Lee
>
> fourthcodex
> Manager of Product Development
>
>
>
>