Backgound…
On Windows Server 2008:
- Installed TortoiseHg 2.4.2
- Created a repository and added some files and committed etc.
- Installed KpyM 1.19c
On Windows 7:
- Downloaded PuTTY
- Connected to server via SSH – works fine, can browse directories and execute commands etc.
- Installed TortoiseHg 2.4.2
Cloning a repository via SSH:
- With source
ssh://user@myhost/path/to/my/repository - Prompted for password once
- Nothing happens for about 5 minutes
- I get the message “no suitable response from remote hg”
Clone output:
% hg clone --verbose -- ssh://user@myhost/path/to/my/repository C:\Users\Chris\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\MyProject
running "TortoisePlink.exe" -ssh -2 user@myhost "hg -R path/to/my/repository serve --stdio"
no suitable response from remote hg
[command returned code 255 Fri Aug 10 17:10:42 2012]
What am I doing wrong?
How can I troubleshoot this issue?
P.S. I have not done anything with public / private keys as I thought that this is only needed to avoid the password prompt.
KpyM is a good (and free) SSH Server, but it doesn’t support remote commands (at time of writing).
Try Copssh – it’s the only other one available for commercial use for free.