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Posted to user@ant.apache.org by Richard Emberson <em...@contact.com> on 2001/08/09 23:13:19 UTC

scp task

I saw that there was an optional FTP task. Is there an ssh secure copy task

out there. Even within our development environment FTP is disabled (a
good thing) which means to move files cross machine I need scp.


I tried to wrap scp with 'apply' but I guess I/O is redirected because I
was
not asked for the password and the task failed.

Thanks

RME

Re: scp task

Posted by Shyam Koppikar <vk...@tds.net>.
Please cancel my order.



Shyam Koppikar
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cedric Berger" <ce...@wireless-networks.com>
To: <an...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: scp task


> Richard Emberson wrote:
>
> > I saw that there was an optional FTP task. Is there an ssh secure copy
task
> >
> > out there. Even within our development environment FTP is disabled (a
> > good thing) which means to move files cross machine I need scp.
> >
> > I tried to wrap scp with 'apply' but I guess I/O is redirected because I
> > was
> > not asked for the password and the task failed.
>
> Then try to setup RSA authentication: you don't need password!
> you will very soon enjoy it!
> Cedric
>
>

Re: scp task

Posted by Cedric Berger <ce...@wireless-networks.com>.
Richard Emberson wrote:

> Cedric Berger wrote:
>
> > > > Then try to setup RSA authentication: you don't need password!
> > > > you will very soon enjoy it!
> > > > Cedric
> > >
> > > Well, we are secure ... we all have RSA passphrases ... so still need to enter
> >
> > RSA passphrases?
> > What the heck is this new beast?
> > Cedric
>
> google (RSA authentication passphrase)
>
> http://w3.pppl.gov/info/pppl-unix/ssh_with_RSA_authentication.html

Well, yes, if you protect your private key with a password, you're out of luck.
(What I mean is: there is certainly a solution to your problem tweaking Ant,
but I don't know it).
Cedric

> >
> > >
> > > text into a running ant task.
> > >
> > > secure :-)
> > > can not get ant to distribute in ssh :-(
> > >
> > > RME

Re: GUI tool for editing Ant files

Posted by Nico Seessle <ni...@apache.org>.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Lancaster" <la...@yahoo.com>
To: <an...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 1:10 AM
Subject: GUI tool for editing Ant files


> Does anyone know of a GUI tool for editing and running
> ant build files? I have started development of my own
> app that could do this and was wondering if it already
> existed. If it does exist, I would like to help in the
> development of the tool if possible. If it doesn't
> exist, I would like to submit the code I have as a
> baseline for further development.
>

Yes, there is such a tool. It's called Antidote and lives in it's own
repository.

See http://jakarta.apache.org/site/cvsindex.html

Nico

Re: GUI tool for editing Ant files

Posted by Stefan Bodewig <bo...@apache.org>.
On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Erik Hatcher <er...@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Antidote is a subproject at Jakarta that does this.
>
> I'm not sure if there are binaries available anywhere.

Not ATM, but we are working on it (especially since GUMP already
builds it).

Stefan

Re: GUI tool for editing Ant files

Posted by Erik Hatcher <er...@earthlink.net>.
Antidote is a subproject at Jakarta that does this.   Here's the README:


http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/~checkout~/jakarta-ant-antidote/README?rev=1.1
&content-type=text/plain

You'll probably have to CVS to Jakarta to grab it.   I'm not sure if there
are binaries available anywhere.

Also, NetBeans (http://www.netbeans.org) has a fairly slick UI for editing
build.xml files (except it really bugs me that it alphabetizes the XML
attributes - I want 'name' to be the first attribute, not 'depends' on
target elements!).

    Erik

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Lancaster" <la...@yahoo.com>
To: <an...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 4:10 PM
Subject: GUI tool for editing Ant files


> Hello,
>
> Does anyone know of a GUI tool for editing and running
> ant build files? I have started development of my own
> app that could do this and was wondering if it already
> existed. If it does exist, I would like to help in the
> development of the tool if possible. If it doesn't
> exist, I would like to submit the code I have as a
> baseline for further development.
>
> Thanks.
>
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GUI tool for editing Ant files

Posted by Adam Lancaster <la...@yahoo.com>.
Hello,

Does anyone know of a GUI tool for editing and running
ant build files? I have started development of my own
app that could do this and was wondering if it already
existed. If it does exist, I would like to help in the
development of the tool if possible. If it doesn't
exist, I would like to submit the code I have as a
baseline for further development.

Thanks.

__________________________________________________
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Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger
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Re: scp task

Posted by Richard Emberson <em...@contact.com>.
Cedric Berger wrote:

> > > Then try to setup RSA authentication: you don't need password!
> > > you will very soon enjoy it!
> > > Cedric
> >
> > Well, we are secure ... we all have RSA passphrases ... so still need to enter
>
> RSA passphrases?
> What the heck is this new beast?
> Cedric

google (RSA authentication passphrase)

http://w3.pppl.gov/info/pppl-unix/ssh_with_RSA_authentication.html

>
> >
> > text into a running ant task.
> >
> > secure :-)
> > can not get ant to distribute in ssh :-(
> >
> > RME

Re: scp task

Posted by Cedric Berger <ce...@wireless-networks.com>.
> > Then try to setup RSA authentication: you don't need password!
> > you will very soon enjoy it!
> > Cedric
>
> Well, we are secure ... we all have RSA passphrases ... so still need to enter

RSA passphrases?
What the heck is this new beast?
Cedric


>
> text into a running ant task.
>
> secure :-)
> can not get ant to distribute in ssh :-(
>
> RME

Re: scp task

Posted by Richard Emberson <em...@contact.com>.
Stefan Bodewig wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Richard Emberson <em...@contact.com> wrote:
>
> > I think that ought to work, providing the desired capability while
> > retaining security.
>
> Unfortunately it won't work as Ant will not hand the input stream to
> the executable, sorry.
>
> Stefan

It works!!!

in the build.sh file I have the following which launchs the ssh-agent if
the "install"
target is seen:

if [ "$1" = "install" ] ; then
    eval `ssh-agent -s`
    ssh-add
    $JAVACMD org.apache.tools.ant.Main "$@"
    kill -9 $SSH_AGENT_PID
else
    $JAVACMD org.apache.tools.ant.Main "$@"
fi

In the build.xml I have the following target, "install", which executes
the
shell script SCP. I needed a shell script. The apply task *needs* target
files,
not a directory, and I could not figure out how to give it a directory
on
another machine ..... All of Ant's stuff pretty much is network dump, it

assumes everything is on one machine, as oppose to using 'file:' urls.

  <target name="install">
      <apply
        executable="/pathto/SCP"
        parallel="false" vmlauncher="false"
     >
       <arg value="some-ip-address:/pathtoinstalldir/design"/>
       <srcfile/>
       <fileset dir="build/design" includes="*.html"/>
     </apply>
  </target>


The shell script file SCP is a wrapper around the executable 'scp' which

reverses the order of the arguments, from target source, to source
target,
as required by 'scp'  (as said, I could not figure out how to do this
reversal in ant):

#!/bin/ksh

if [ $# != 2 ] ; then
    print "SCP target source"
    exit 1
fi
/usr/local/bin/scp $2 $1


RME

Re: scp task

Posted by Stefan Bodewig <bo...@apache.org>.
On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Richard Emberson <em...@contact.com> wrote:

> I think that ought to work, providing the desired capability while
> retaining security.

Unfortunately it won't work as Ant will not hand the input stream to
the executable, sorry.

Stefan

Re: scp task

Posted by Richard Emberson <em...@contact.com>.
Stefan Bodewig wrote:

> On Thu, 09 Aug 2001, Richard Emberson <em...@contact.com> wrote:
>
> > Well, we are secure ... we all have RSA passphrases ... so still
> > need to enter text into a running ant task.
>
> You could use ssh-agent before starting Ant.
>
> Stefan

Thanks for the suggestion.

I ultimately would like to use Ant to push builds to our production
site. Now
I don't want anyone in Engineering, Test, or QA to have a window open
running ssh-agent that would enable anyone to 'get at' the production
site.
So, using your suggestion, I am going to place the call to start the
ssh-agent
and the call to ssh-add within the build.sh file. If the build.sh file
detects that
the user is passing the "push to production" Ant target to Ant, then it
requires the user to enter their ssh passphrase. If that target is not
requested,
then there is no ssh-x started or passphrase requested. Now after Ant
runs, whether or not it success in push to production, the ssh-agent
process
is killed.

I think that ought to work, providing the desired capability while
retaining security.

RME

Re: scp task

Posted by Stefan Bodewig <bo...@apache.org>.
On Thu, 09 Aug 2001, Richard Emberson <em...@contact.com> wrote:

> Well, we are secure ... we all have RSA passphrases ... so still
> need to enter text into a running ant task.

You could use ssh-agent before starting Ant.

Stefan

Re: scp task

Posted by Richard Emberson <em...@contact.com>.
Cedric Berger wrote:

> Richard Emberson wrote:
>
> > I saw that there was an optional FTP task. Is there an ssh secure copy task
> >
> > out there. Even within our development environment FTP is disabled (a
> > good thing) which means to move files cross machine I need scp.
> >
> > I tried to wrap scp with 'apply' but I guess I/O is redirected because I
> > was
> > not asked for the password and the task failed.
>
> Then try to setup RSA authentication: you don't need password!
> you will very soon enjoy it!
> Cedric

Well, we are secure ... we all have RSA passphrases ... so still need to enter
text into a running ant task.

secure :-)
can not get ant to distribute in ssh :-(

RME

Re: scp task

Posted by Cedric Berger <ce...@wireless-networks.com>.
Richard Emberson wrote:

> I saw that there was an optional FTP task. Is there an ssh secure copy task
>
> out there. Even within our development environment FTP is disabled (a
> good thing) which means to move files cross machine I need scp.
>
> I tried to wrap scp with 'apply' but I guess I/O is redirected because I
> was
> not asked for the password and the task failed.

Then try to setup RSA authentication: you don't need password!
you will very soon enjoy it!
Cedric