I installed darcs-1.0.8-1.fc4 and darcs-server-1.0.8-1.fc4; when doing a
checkout over ssh:
  darcs get user@server:path
the password I enter doesn't verify for that user.

Also version 1.0.7 for Win32 without Cygwin freezes when attempting same 
thing, after asking for password two times, and outputing:
  darcsabfd60               |          0 kB |   0.2 kB/s | ETA: 00:00:00 | 100%

On 1/25/07, AlexandruS <bugs@darcs.net> wrote:
>
> New submission from AlexandruS <alexandr@comp.nus.edu.sg>:
>
> I installed darcs-1.0.8-1.fc4 and darcs-server-1.0.8-1.fc4; when doing a
> checkout over ssh:
>   darcs get user@server:path
> the password I enter doesn't verify for that user.
>

I recommend setting up public key authentication for ssh if you can. I
think the darcs manual talks about how to do that.

> Also version 1.0.7 for Win32 without Cygwin freezes when attempting same
> thing, after asking for password two times, and outputing:
>   darcsabfd60               |          0 kB |   0.2 kB/s | ETA: 00:00:00 | 100%
>

Did you follow the Win32-specific instructions on the darcs wiki about
setting up your PATH to point to the right version of ssh? I know that
tripped me up.

Thanks for the advice.
The Win32 version seems to work with ssh public keys and Pageant.
But in Unix, just can't setup the use of ssh pub keys, for ssh-agent, ssh-add
displays this:
"Could not open a connection to your authentication agent."

Does darcs work under Unix just with ssh public keys (no support for simple
password auth.)?

Hi,

I do this:
 eval `ssh-agent -t 1000`
 ssh-add
 darcs get...
 ssh-agent -k

(This sets up an ssh-agent for 1000 seconds in case I forget to kill it)

Does this solve the  problem for you?

Darcs does work with simple authentication, by the way, although in some cases,
it might hang.

Tentatively marking as resolved.  Let us know if you have any more trouble.