doh! Your right. I neglected to read the manual very carefully...
sorry
donald
On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 08:45:15AM -0700, Dennis Jones wrote:
> Donald,
>
> >CVS doesn't have a internal rsh protocol. It uses the rsh command.
>
> I believe you are mistaken here. The :ext: method specifies using an
> external rsh command, but :server: specifies CVS's internal rsh protocol:
>
> The Cederqvist manual (and who am I do question "the manual"?), under the
> section, "Connecting with rsh", says:
>
> "There are two access methods that you can use in CVSROOT for rsh. :server:
> specifies an internal rsh client, which is supported only by some CVS ports.
> :ext: specifies an external rsh program."
>
> And Karl Fogel, in "Open Source Development with CVS", says:
>
> ":server:<username>@<machinename>:/<path>" -- Like :ext:, but uses CVS's
> internal implementation of rsh. (This may not be available on all
> platforms.)"
>
> >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...
>
> I believe that's why my previous employer used the :server: method (internal
> rsh client). Connecting to a Unix CVS server from NT using this method
> worked perfectly, without any problems whatsoever. This tells me that: 1)
> CVS does indeed have an internal rsh protocol, and 2) it is, in fact,
> supported by the Windows NT port of the CVS client.
>
> Again, using :pserver: didn't solve the problem I am having today, which as
> you state in your second message, appears to be a host name resolution
> issue. I'll play with that idea a little more and see else what I can find
> out.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donald Sharp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 3:41 AM
> To: Dennis Jones
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Help with client/server CVS and interoperability with NT/98
>
>
> 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
>
>
