[Mageia-i18n] I18N svn access

[Marek Laane]

2011/5/5 Michael Scherer <misc at zarb.org>

> Le jeudi 05 mai 2011 à 18:52 +0300, Marek Laane a écrit :
> > 2011/5/5 Oliver Burger <oliver.bgr at googlemail.com>
> >
> > >  Marek Laane <bald at smail.ee> schrieb am 05.05.2011
> > >
> > > > [marek at localhost ~]$ ssh svn.mageia.org
> > >
> > > > Password:
> > >
> > > > Password:
> > >
> > > > Password:
> > >
> > > > marek at svn.mageia.org's password:
> > >
> > > > Permission denied, please try again.
> > >
> > > > marek at svn.mageia.org's password:
> > >
> > > > Received disconnect from 212.85.158.147: 2: Too many authentication
> > >
> > > > failures for marek
> > >
> > > > [marek at localhost ~]$
> > >
> > > Why do you think, we have ssh access to the server and why should we?
> > >
> > > Where do you need it?
>
> For access to svn, it use ssh.
>
> And that's part of the instruction I gave to test access :)
>
> ====================
> To check, that's rather easy , type in a shell of any UNIX :
>  ssh svn.mageia.org
>
> It will ask your password ( the one of transifex , bugzilla, etc ), and
> if the password is correct ( and the login too ), it will show you a
> error message and tell "you are a member of theses group : " + list of
> group. Something like this :
>
> Last login: Thu Apr 21 22:52:31 2011 from nanardon.zarb.org
> You tried to run a interactive shell.
> Sorry, you are not allowed to execute that command.
> You are member of the following groups :
> mga-users  mga-sysadmin mga-packagers mga-ml_moderators
> mga-packagers-committers mga-board mga-founders mga-i18n
> mga-i18n-committers
> Connection to svn.mageia.org closed.
> ====================
>
> > >
> > > At least I have none, I just tried to be sure what I tell you.
> > >
> > >
> > > Did you ever have ssh access to the Mandriva servers?
> > >
> > >
> > > Oliver
> > >
> >
> > Err, for committing translations? Or have I totally misunderstood
> something?
> > And yes, though it was years ago, I guess I commit Mandriva's translation
> > over ssh, too.
> > Which remembers me maybe something important - should I send my public
> key
> > to somebody? If yes, what is due procedure? Bug report? Or email to
> > particular person?
>
> I also answered this in the mail I sent :
>
> ====================
> * First, typing the password each time is not fun. If like me, your
> password is as long as the first chapter of Harry Potter, this become
> quickly annoying. You can ask to a sysadmin to place a ssh keys if you
> want, just contact us ( better open a bug so we do not forget ).
> Something to automate this is planned since months ( we just need to
> have a slightly simpler interface on identity, perl coder help welcome,
> and to test the script to export keys, and another script to import
> existing keys from the disk ).
> ====================
>
>
> Now, after looking your account, it seems that you are not in the
> committers group so no svn access. If this is wrong ( and if you are the
> committers of your team, please tell it.
>
> Well, yes, as there is no other translator into Estonian and I'm willing to
do it as I have done for years for Mandriva, I think I've right to be
committer.

Marek Laane


>
> --
> Michael Scherer
>
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