How to pass ssh password asked on terminal while using subclipse

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Our internal svn repository's URI looks like svn+ssh://svn/hogehoge/svnroot/. Using subclipse on eclipse that is run from a terminal, eclipse freezes when I try to access repository and never return. I found on terminal ssh password is asked but looks like it's just printed there and doesn't accept my input (password I enter is interpreted as command on terminal). Any idea is appreciated.

Environment:

  • Ubuntu 10.04
  • Eclipse Indigo SP2
  • Subclipse (Required) 1.6.18
  • Subversion Client Adapter (Required) 1.6.12
  • Subversion JavaHL Native Library Adapter (Required) 1.6.17
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Do you need to use a password, or could you set up an SSH key for password-less access? – blahdiblah
@blahdiblah Your idea could be a direct solution to my particular question, but using SVNKit gave me easier access to svn server before trying yours. Thx anyway! – IsaacS

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I would recommend you install SVNKit and change to using it instead of JavaHL. SVNKit includes a pure Java SSH client so it is able to provide a GUI prompt within Eclipse. There are two alternatives if you want to use JavaHL:

  1. Start Eclipse from a Terminal window. SSH prompts will then appear within that window.

  2. Run ssh-agent. Your SSH client will then fetch the keys from ssh-agent and will not need the terminal prompt.

Usually users are already using ssh-agent, in which case I would recommend just using JavaHL. Since you are apparently not using it, I would suggest to just use SVNKit.