CVS doesn't have a internal rsh protocol. It uses the rsh command.
The rsh that comes with NT is incompatible with the rsh that
we all know and love on unix. Do yourself a favour and convert
over to the pserver mode...
donald
On Thu, May 11, 2000 at 05:17:44PM -0700, Dennis Jones wrote:
> 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
