Thanks for sticking through with me...I am a moron I use different port numbers on the firewall to direct me to specific servers and you know what my issue was as I now know... checkout successful - YEAH ! ! ! now I can do my damage on my own space and not inflict angst on the users in small doses but in big heaps ;-) Craig On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 12:03 -0700, Mike Garfias wrote: > try ssh -p222 user@host /usr/bin/svnserve > see if that works > > Craig White spoke forth with the blessed manuscript: > > On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 11:07 -0700, Craig White wrote: > > > On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 10:44 -0700, Mike Garfias wrote: > > > > >From the svnbook: > > > > > > > > You'd think that the story of SSH tunneling would end here, but it > > > > doesn't. Subversion allows you to create custom tunnel behaviors in your > > > > run-time config file (see the section called Runtime Configuration Area). For > > > > example, suppose you want to use RSH instead of SSH. In the [tunnels] section > > > > of your config file, simply define it like this: > > > > > > > > [tunnels] > > > > rsh = rsh > > > > And now, you can use this new tunnel definition by using a URL schema that > > > > matches the name of your new variable: svn+rsh://host/path. When using the new > > > > URL schema, the Subversion client will actually be running the command rsh > > > > host svnserve -t behind the scenes. If you include a username in the URL (for > > > > example, svn+rsh://username@host/path) the client will also include that in > > > > its command (rsh username@host svnserve -t). But you can define new tunneling > > > > schemes to be much more clever than that: > > > > > > > > [tunnels] > > > > joessh = $JOESSH /opt/alternate/ssh -p 29934 > > > > This example demonstrates a couple of things. First, it shows how to make the > > > > Subversion client launch a very specific tunneling binary (the one located at > > > > /opt/alternate/ssh) with specific options. In this case, accessing a > > > > svn+joessh:// URL would invoke the particular SSH binary with -p 29934 as > > > > argumentsuseful if you want the tunnel program to connect to a non-standard > > > > port. > > > ---- > > > OK - I saw that before I posted here and put the following in > > > ~/.subversion/config > > > > > > rsh = rsh > > > craigssh = /usr/bin/ssh -p 222 > > > > > > and then running... > > > > > > $ svn checkout svn+ssh://remote.host.com/home/craig/my-db_svn my-db_svn > > > > > > takes a long time and then tells me... > > > > > > ssh: connect to host remote.host.com port 22: Connection timed out > > > svn: Connection closed unexpectedly > > > > > > and this... > > > > > > $ svn checkout craigssh://remote.host.com/home/craig/my-db_svn my-db_svn > > > svn: Unrecognized URL scheme for > > > 'craigssh://remote.host.com/home/craig/my-db_svn' > > > > > > so I clearly don't understand what is going on...(the port and > > > remote.host.com have been changed to protect the innocent) > > > > > > there is no 'verbose' sort of option that I can find that helps me > > > troubleshoot and there's a disconnect between the documentation and my > > > brain that is making the usage less than obvious to me. > > ---- > > OK - I got a lot further now and I'm still working on it... > > > > dummy me needed to do svn checkout ssh+craigssh://... > > > > after I connect though, I get an error... > > > > sh: line 1: svnserve: command not found > > svn: Connection closed unexpectedly > > > > which is odd since 'which svnserve' returns '/usr/bin/svnserve' > > > > but I am making progress now > > > > Craig > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > !DSPAM:11,441075e6222321963812226! > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss