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