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I'm trying to check out a project from a school server, but it attempts to use my computer login name instead of my server login name, so it fails.

my commands:

svn checkout svn+ssh://[server name and stuff]/[school login name]

and it says:

[computer login]@[server name]'s password:

which doesn't exist.

I attempted to use the --username parameter:

svn checkout --username [school login] svn+ssh://[server name and stuff]/[school login name]

but it requests the same password for the same nonexistent user. What am I doing wrong with my checkout command?

Zoe
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Try

svn checkout svn+ssh://[school login name]@[server name]/[svn path]
aularon
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  • thanks for your reply! I get "svn: Network connection closed unexpectedly" :( – eipxen Sep 11 '10 at 22:34
  • can you try a normal ssh connect? (`ssh [user]@[server]`) – aularon Sep 11 '10 at 22:38
  • huh, I just tried it and it didn't go through. I can ssh into a different school server, and svn checkout onto that account, but I guess I can't from my home computer? – eipxen Sep 11 '10 at 22:55
  • can you try with `ssh -vvv user]@[server]` ? the `-vvv` switch make the command more verbose. Update your question with the command output, which should help identifying the problem. – aularon Sep 11 '10 at 23:20
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Two things:

(1) clear out all client credentials cache http://chestofbooks.com/computers/revision-control/subversion-svn/Client-Credentials-Caching-Serverconfig-Netmodel-Credcache.html

(2) Is the school's server misconfigured (or intentionally configured that way)? For example, it may be hardwired to require you to connect from a school computer.

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