How to stop bzr from using ssh (asking a password) for downloading?

Question

I have configured bzr to push updates and now it's using ssh for downloading all the branches too. Is it possible to use ssh only for uploading?

Answer 1

You can use different branch URLs for push and pull. First check the current related branches with bzr info:

$ bzr info
Standalone tree (format: 2a)
Location:
  branch root: .

Related branches:
    push branch: bzr+ssh://somehost.example.org/home/user/foo/
  parent branch: bzr+ssh://somehost.example.org/home/user/foo/

To switch any of these, just issue the push or pull command with the --remember option, such as:

$ bzr pull --remember http://somehost.example.org/~user/foo/

After that, you can verify the new setting with bzr info again.

Answer 2

Why not using a public key for password-less SSH logins?

Fast instructions:

1. Generate a new key-pair:

   $ ssh-keygen -t rsa

2. Copy you public key the SSH server:

   $ ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub YourUserName@SSH-Server-Host

Permanent ssh-add keys with password