[Unison-hackers] Windows setup with PuTTY

[Derek Rayside]

Use putty (or the putty accessory plink) to connect to the server first, 
without getting unison involved, so you can answer the question.  Once 
you've answered this question once you won't have to answer it again and 
unison should work smoothly with putty/plink.



On Tue, 28 Nov 2006, Kurt Petersen wrote:

> Hi
>
> I found a way to configure Unison on Windows (by MartinCleaver).
>
> When it executes I get this:
>
> Contacting server...
> The server's host key is not cached in the registry. You
> have no guarantee that the server is the computer you
> think it is.
> The server's rsa2 key fingerprint is:
> ssh-rsa 1024 27:bc:f5:bc:18:91:f3:e8:b9:a5:8a:30:25:59:e6:99
> If you trust this host, enter "y" to add the key to
> PuTTY's cache and carry on connecting.
> If you want to carry on connecting just once, without
> adding the key to the cache, enter "n".
> If you do not trust this host, press Return to abandon the
> connection.
> Store key in cache? (y/n)
>
> It seems to contact the server, and I want to answer "y" - but key
> input is not recognized.
>
> Has anybody tried this?
>
> Can anybody say what is wrong since input is not recognized?
>
> Thanks!
> Kurt
>
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