Re: Password vs. publickey login

[Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert@gmail.com>]

Johnathan Ritzi wrote:

> The "narrative introduction" (
> http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/secure-testing/doc/narrative_introduction?view=co)
> says:
> 
> The best way to understand is to check out our repository from
> subversion so you have the files on your computer and can follow along
> at home. To do this, you need an Alioth account, and then you just
> need to do the following:
> 
>  svn co svn+ssh://<alioth user name>@svn.debian.org/svn/secure-testing
> 
> This will check out our working repository after asking for your alioth
> password twice. This is normal and to be expected.
> 
> 
> But the Alioth SSH page (http://wiki.debian.org/Alioth/SSH) says:
> 
> Alioth does not allow password authentication via SSH. You need to
> authenticate with your own SSH public/private keys. Currently only RSA keys
> are allowed.

Password access on alioth was allowable up until a month ago.  Thanks
for pointing out the issue.  I've corrected the wording in the doc.

Best wishes,
Mike