Hello, I'm using Subversion in a windows shop. We have a FSFS repository that we're accessing via XP's filesharing (file: URLs with UNC paths). Company policy won't allow us to install ssh/sshd, or to run any new services such as apache or svnserver as a deamon.
We have PSexec installed on our svn clients, and as we already trust our windows authentication & security setup, I was thinking we could use that as a sort-of "rsh" replacement. The thing is, every variation I try hangs. psexec prints a banner to STDERR which I can't turn off. I can redirect it to NUL. psexec also seems to buffer its output. I'm not sure about that. What I do know is that wrapping it up in a batch script fails. Here are some test runs: > psexec \\reposerve svnserve -t 2>NUL ( success ( 2 2 ( ) ( edit-pipeline svndiff1 absent-entries commit-revprops dept h log-revprops partial-replay ) ) ) that looks good! On the other hand a batch file that says: c:\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\DOCUME~1\PStools\psexec.exe -e \\%* 2>NUL and setting %SVN_SSH% to point to the batch file- > svn list svn+ssh://reposerve/D/repository/trunk (hangs) - I would expect an error or success, instead it just hangs, psexec keeps running but no input/output If anyone has had success running subversion's server via PSexec, please share your recipe! thanks -y
