Re: Emacs SSH... You have no controlling tty
On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 07:28:07PM +0100, Christian Lemer wrote:
>
> Debian potato
> GNU Emacs 20.7.2
> SSH Version OpenSSH-1.2.3, protocol version 1.5.
>
> I recently installed Debian on my laptop and I'm very happy with it.
>
> Unfortunately, I cannot use my favorite editor to check the cvs status
> of files that are accessible only through a ssh connection.
I'm not familiar with cvs over a ssh connection, but...
> Message: cvs [update aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any)
> Message: Parser Error: 'You have no controlling tty. Cannot read passphrase.'
...this looks like you should pass the -t option to ssh.
An other option is to omit the passphrase, or better use ssh-agent.
--
groetjes, carel
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