Hi,

I am using ssh to connect from a Linux (Suse) box to a Windows XP box.

When I connect with password authentication, whatever I am trying to do (execute an .exe) works fine, but when I connect using rsa it just hangs and does not allow me ctrl-c.

Why would the authentication way influence the behaviour of the remote connection once I am connected?

Thanks, Sabine



Linux: OpenSSH_4.1p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004
WindowsXP: OpenSSH_3.8.1p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004


With password authentication:

ssh ip-address (enter password)


C:\Documents and Settings\userid>net use \\orlvss01\sourcesafe password /user:cbs\userid
The command completed successfully.


C:\Documents and Settings\userid>"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VSS\win32"\ss cp $/ICBSLinux/8.1.0/project/xtccfg
Current project is $/ICBSLinux/8.1.0/project/xtccfg

C:\Documents and Settings\userid>



With rsa authentication:

ssh -i /home/userid/.ssh/id_rsa ipaddress

C:\Documents and Settings\userid>net use \\orlvss01\sourcesafe password /user:cbs\userid
The command completed successfully.


C:\Documents and Settings\userid>"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VSS\win32"\ss cp $/ICBSLinux/8.1.0/project/xtccfg
Username: SYSTEM
Password:

apart from the fact that it should not ask me for a user/password, when I enter a password it just hangs there and ctrl-c does not work.

You need to make sure wether the public key in your Windows server is ida or rsa. What is it?

The key is rsa, but why would that matter?

I am able to get to the Windows PC using rsa authentication, but once there it behaves differently than if I get there using password authentication.

Common DOS commands (like DIR) work fine, but when I try to do the steps as outlined above the

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VSS\win32"\ss cp $/ICBSLinux/8.1.0/project/xtccfg

step fails.


It seems that the

net use \\orlvss01\sourcesafe password /user:cbs\userid

command has no effect or something like that.

Thanks, Sabine