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Document ControlMaster problem in Cygwin.

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@@ -40,14 +40,15 @@ GF has now been moved to a Darcs repository. No changes should be committed to t
<LI><A HREF="#toc18">I get the error "darcs not found" when pushing</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc19">I get the error "(sftp) failed to fetch files."</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc20">I get the error "Not a repository: gfreposerver:..."</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc21">How do I avoid typing in my password so many times?</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc21">I'm using Cygwin and I get "mm_receive_fd: no fd"</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc22">How do I avoid typing in my password so many times?</A>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="#toc22">Using ssh ControlMaster</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc23">Using ssh-agent</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc23">Using ssh ControlMaster</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc24">Using ssh-agent</A>
</UL>
</UL>
<LI><A HREF="#toc24">Technical Information</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc25">Further information about Darcs</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc25">Technical Information</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toc26">Further information about Darcs</A>
</UL>
<P></P>
@@ -343,13 +344,35 @@ connection running. Start a master connection:
or use the <CODE>darcs-cm</CODE> script shown above.
</P>
<A NAME="toc21"></A>
<H2>How do I avoid typing in my password so many times?</H2>
<H2>I'm using Cygwin and I get "mm_receive_fd: no fd"</H2>
<P>
It seems like ssh connection multiplexing doesn't work under Cygwin:
<A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/cygwin@cygwin.com/msg61323.html">http://www.mail-archive.com/cygwin@cygwin.com/msg61323.html</A>.
</P>
<P>
The workaround is to use password authentication. Just remove the
ControlPath line in <CODE>.ssh/config</CODE>, and don't setup a ControlMaster
connection (and don't use darcs-cm).
</P>
<P>
You should then be able to checkout using just:
</P>
<PRE>
$ darcs get --partial --set-scripts-executable gfreposerver:/users/cs/www/Research/Language-technology/darcs/GF/
</PRE>
<P></P>
<P>
The problem is that when you pull and push, you have to enter your
password quite a few times.
</P>
<A NAME="toc22"></A>
<H2>How do I avoid typing in my password so many times?</H2>
<A NAME="toc23"></A>
<H3>Using ssh ControlMaster</H3>
<P>
See above.
</P>
<A NAME="toc23"></A>
<A NAME="toc24"></A>
<H3>Using ssh-agent</H3>
<P>
<B>NOTE: the method below will not work with <CODE>momo.medic.chalmers.se</CODE></B>.
@@ -412,7 +435,7 @@ Try to use it to log in (with your own username again):
zsh:bringert:[~]&gt;
</PRE>
<P></P>
<A NAME="toc24"></A>
<A NAME="toc25"></A>
<H1>Technical Information</H1>
<P>
This section contains information about how the repository is set
@@ -442,7 +465,7 @@ The repo has this in <CODE>_darcs/prefs/defaults</CODE>:
The server which we push to has darcs 1.0.4, which is needed for
posthook support.
</P>
<A NAME="toc25"></A>
<A NAME="toc26"></A>
<H1>Further information about Darcs</H1>
<P>
For more info about what you can do with darcs, see <A HREF="http://darcs.net/manual/">http://darcs.net/manual/</A>

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@@ -274,6 +274,24 @@ $ ssh -M gfreposerver
or use the ``darcs-cm`` script shown above.
== I'm using Cygwin and I get "mm_receive_fd: no fd" ==
It seems like ssh connection multiplexing doesn't work under Cygwin:
http://www.mail-archive.com/cygwin@cygwin.com/msg61323.html.
The workaround is to use password authentication. Just remove the
ControlPath line in ``.ssh/config``, and don't setup a ControlMaster
connection (and don't use darcs-cm).
You should then be able to checkout using just:
```
$ darcs get --partial --set-scripts-executable gfreposerver:/users/cs/www/Research/Language-technology/darcs/GF/
```
The problem is that when you pull and push, you have to enter your
password quite a few times.
== How do I avoid typing in my password so many times? ==