[R-pkg-devel] can't commit changes to a package on R-Forge
Thanks, I didn't realise that password approach has been dropped. Georgi Boshnakov -----Original Message----- From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com] Sent: 06 April 2019 12:40 To: Georgi Boshnakov; r-package-devel at r-project.org Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] can't commit changes to a package on R-Forge
On 06/04/2019 6:39 a.m., Georgi Boshnakov wrote:
Hi, I was given admin access to an R package developed on R-Forge, which I have not used before. I installed a command line svn client, checked out the package
svn checkout svn://geobosh at svn.r-forge.r-project.org/svnroot/fints/
update, etc works fine, until I try to commit the changes:
svn commit -m "update by Georgi"
svn: E170001: Commit failed (details follow): svn: E170001: Authorization failed The commit command doesn't ask me for username/password and all my attempts were in vain. Google search finds similar queries but the answers didn't help. I can't find any way to make it ask me for credentials and will appreciate any help.
I believe r-forge uses ssh public keys for authorization. The manual (http://download.r-forge.r-project.org/R-Forge_Manual.pdf) mentions the possibility of password authentication, but I think that was dropped several years ago. You need to upload your key in the Account Maintenance page: detailed instructions are in the manual. Duncan Murdoch