[cvsnt] Re: BUG: 2.5.01.2025: PuTTY security alert written to console
Tony Hoyle
tony.hoyle at march-hare.com
Tue Aug 2 20:34:04 BST 2005
Torsten Martinsen wrote:
> As described in
> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1206305&group_id=48103&atid=451972,
>
> when CVSNT connects to a server for the first time using :ssh:, it pops
> up a message box with the well-known "The server's host key is not
> cached..." question. This is all very well, but the message is also
> written to stdout/stderr, which causes TortoiseCVS to interpret it as
> part of the output from the CVS command.
>
> Proposed fix: Only show the question in the message box, not on the
> console.
>
cvsnt itself knows nothing of message boxes. It's a console app & has
no GUI.
You can do it the same way WinCVS does it - interpret the CVSGUI
protocol markers.. You'll get:
Question: xxxxxx
Enter: Yes/No/Cancel
Then you provide the dialog and return the answer in the CVSGUI environment.
Tony
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