Bug 813156 - Unison GUI won't prompt for ssh password.
Summary: Unison GUI won't prompt for ssh password.
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: unison227
Version: 16
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Richard W.M. Jones
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-04-17 06:02 UTC by Robin Laing
Modified: 2012-06-22 08:34 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2012-06-22 08:27:16 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Robin Laing 2012-04-17 06:02:51 UTC
Description of problem:
Unison won't prompt for ssh password

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
unison227-2.27.57-13.fc12.*

How reproducible:
All the time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open the Unison GUI.
2. Set a profile or select an already created profile.
3. Try to connect to a remote server using ssh.
  
Actual results:
A "contacting server" dialog opens and remains on the screen indefinitely with no progress further into the application's workflow.  

Expected results:
Password dialog opens to enter ssh password.

Additional info:
This bug has been reported on SUSE and Ubuntu.  There is an updated version that fixes this problem.  Latest stable version is unison-2.40.63 from http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ which is from 2010.

There are work arounds but a few are not secure.

Please update as this is a good tool to work across platforms and USB sticks.

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2012-06-07 06:56:49 UTC
unison227-2.27.57-17.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/unison227-2.27.57-17.fc17

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2012-06-07 06:57:01 UTC
unison227-2.27.57-16.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/unison227-2.27.57-16.fc15

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2012-06-07 06:57:16 UTC
unison227-2.27.57-16.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/unison227-2.27.57-16.fc16

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2012-06-07 22:51:05 UTC
Package unison227-2.27.57-17.fc17:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing unison227-2.27.57-17.fc17'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-8990/unison227-2.27.57-17.fc17
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2012-06-22 08:27:16 UTC
unison227-2.27.57-16.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2012-06-22 08:27:53 UTC
unison227-2.27.57-17.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2012-06-22 08:34:54 UTC
unison227-2.27.57-16.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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