Bug#636312: how to write ipv6 addresses in unison

[Stéphane Glondu <glondu@debian.org>]

On 31/05/2016 17:49, Gangadhar wrote:
> I am trying to connect remote side with Ipv6 address, but getting "bad
> port" error.
>
> ./unison -sshargs "-o NumberOfPasswordPrompts=0 -o
> StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o
> ConnectTimeout=10 -o ConnectionAttempts=2 -o ServerAliveInterval=20 -o
> ServerAliveCountMax=2" -servercmd unison -auto=true -batch=true -
> confirmbigdel=false -fastcheck=true -group -owner -silent -times  -
> ignore="Name {*~, Thumbs.db, *.tmp}" -ignore="Name TMP.*" /home/panniru/
> ssh://2a00:8a00:a000:1192::583//root/
> Bad port '8a00:a000:1192::583'
> Fatal error: Lost connection with the server
>
> I am using unison-2.48.3 version.
>
> Could some one help resolving this issue?

I'm afraid there is no provision for using directly an IPv6 address in 
Unison... at the moment. It doesn't look complicated to patch it, 
though. Also, you can set up an alias in your ~/.ssh/config (see 
Host/HostName in ssh_config manpage).


Cheers,

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Stéphane