Help with client/server CVS and interoperability with NT/98

[Dennis Jones]

Hello folks,   I know similar questions have been raised here in this mailing list, but my problem seems to be slightly different than other's I've seen posted.  I hope you'll forgive my intrusion and ignorance as a Unix newbie.   I am not a very experienced Linux/Unix user, but I used CVS quite extensively in my last job (and it worked quite nicely, thank you).  However, my new employer does not have any kind of source code control in place and I would like to setup a CVS server and repository on a Linux box for access from other Linux boxes, as well as NT and '98 boxes.  At my previous employer, we did not use 'pserver' mode and everything worked just fine, so I thought I would try the same method here.  We just specified CVSROOT as:   <machine name>:/<path to repository>   According to the Cederqvist manual, this format should use CVS's internal rsh protocol.  However, I'm getting different results from NT, '98 and Linux machines.   NT machines say, "cvs [checkout aborted]: no such host <machine name> '98 machines say, "cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot connect to socket: Connection refused Linux machines say, "<machine name>: Unknown host                                                         cvs [checkout aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any)"   (where <machine name> is the host name of the Linux box where I've created my repository)   Using CVS locally on the repository machine works fine.   Clearly, the repository machine is set up correctly for this method of client/server connection, but I have no idea what to try.  We do not have a Unix administrator here, and I'm the only person here that's even heard of CVS.   In frustration, I did try the 'pserver' method, but I had similar difficulties.   We are using CVS v1.10.5 (from RedHat Linux 6.0?) on the Linux side, and v1.10 on the Windows side.   It is extremely important that we get CVS working here, and I'm in over my head.  If anyone can provide expert help, I would be very appreciative.  We might even consider paying someone to travel here and help us get set up.  Anyone interested?  (We are only a couple-hour drive from the SF bay area, if you are close-by).   - Dennis