Ask your questions here.
Post a reply

sourceforge login failure

Wed Oct 30, 2013 1:09 pm

I only have to use sourceforge every few months.
I know i had the same problem in the past.

When i try to connect with
- filezilla
or with
ssh -t username,projectname@shell.sourceforge.net create

I get an error similar to:
Too many authentication failures.

When i log in by using the web-browser it works, with the same credentials.

Is there any secret trick?
Thanks (using the webinterface is slow and feels "wrong").

Re: sourceforge login failure

Fri Nov 01, 2013 1:43 am

You're doing it right. I do it the same way (in terminal, not in filezilla) but I don't get authentication failures. After giving the password, I get
Code:
Requesting a new shell for "fsmithred" and waiting for it to start.
queued... creating... starting...
Which takes a minute or two to finish. And then I'm in.

Re: sourceforge login failure

Fri Nov 01, 2013 7:19 am

This is really getting old.
Each time needing to fiddle for days, not hours, to simply log in.

The weird thing is that no one else has problems.
I got a username and a password, and i can log in from browser.
I got a Projectname.

I tried all kind of variations, none helps, all say too many auth errors (After the very first try too!).

Re: sourceforge login failure

Fri Nov 01, 2013 12:18 pm

I use to have a similar problem I believe. I am not sure if it was sourceforge or another site. If I recall correctly filezilla would open (or try to open) multiple connections. I think there is a preference setting that you can adjust so it does not do that. I think I started using gftp instead of filezilla.

Of course that may not be your problem at all....


So really this post is just noise...

Re: sourceforge login failure

Fri Nov 01, 2013 3:11 pm

I was happy too early.
Setting a ssh-key got rid of the error "too many authentication failures",
but now it doesn't accept the password.

It all looks a wee bit messy to me (settings, documentation, etc).
The service itself is good, of course.

ssh -t name,project@shell.sourceforge.net create

.
I was wrong.
The errors can be ignored, then i log in via:
ssh username@shell.sourceforge.net
That makes my point, it is all a bit messy, even more true.

Re: sourceforge login failure

Fri Nov 01, 2013 3:20 pm

btw: How are you? Where you been? Chat away, here or in offtopic.

Re: sourceforge login failure

Fri Nov 01, 2013 7:22 pm

I heard "able to login via ssh... blabla... login via filezilla fails"
so I'm suggesting to delete any previously saved "entry" within filezilla. input your user/pw afresh
Post a reply