RE: Password or Set-up Problem?

[Phil Shrimpton]

> From: Larry Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

Hi,

> > 3)If I telnet to servername cvspserver, it connects then I get...
> >
> > "Connection Closed by foreign Host"
>
> That indicates that inetd is accepting the connection and then is unable
> to start CVS or CVS exits immediately without printing anything.

So is this a problem with CVS, pserver or something else (just trying to
narrow down the problem)?

> > 5)When I add '--allow-root=/cvsmaster/ pserver' to the inetd.conf entry
> > above, when I try to login cvs prompts for a password and then
> I get either:
> >
> > 'cvs [login aborted]: received broken pipe signal' or
> > 'cvs [login aborted]: recv() from myserver: Connection reset by peer'
> >
> > It seams random when I get either error message.
>
> What happens if you try to telnet in at this point instead of doing a
> cvs login?

I get the "Connection Closed by foreign Host" error.

Cheers

Phil