Re: Difficulty connecting to CVS repos from winCVS

[Yanglong Zhu]

Jim.Hyslop wrote:

Yanglong Zhu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 

Jim.Hyslop wrote:

   

Yanglong Zhu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

     

WinCVS newbie here. I can login to the CVS repository from
Linux terminal fine. But cannot figure out a way to connect
to CVS repos from winCVS 1.3.13 or 1.3.14 on a XP box.
  

       

Can you use the CVS command line client successfully on the XP box? 

     

No. The behaviour is the same whether using command line or the GUI.
   

OK, that narrows things down - it means the problem is most likely in your
local configuration.
 

Is the
Linux terminal also using pserver, or is it using another method?
     

Yes.
   

Er, yes it's using pserver, or yes it's using another method?

Can you provide more details about your Linux connection - the one that
works? 

 

Yes. But it is not straight forward.
The problems described up to now are derived from (I think) the fact 
that I ssh from Linux A to Linux B, then cvs from B to A. Now when I use 
a Linux C to examine the situation, I found that I could login to CVS 
server on Linux A from Linux B (without using ssh) and C (without using 
ssh), but cannot checkout from, nor import anything to Linux A. 
Therefore, I think it is the CVS server settings problem. What I did 
previously (import, checkout on a Linux box) probably amounts to execute 
the commands from/on the same box where CVS server is. I guess that make 
a huge difference.

Does it make any sense to you? I know it's confusing. Sorry. And thank 
you for your help.

[retaining the rest of the message for the mail list's benefit]
 

[...]

     

When I supposedly supply everything correctly to winCVS, I will get 

cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/path/to/CVSrootDir login 
Logging in to 
       

:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:2401:/path/to/CVSrootDir
   

cvs [login aborted]: cvs: no such user
Fatal error, aborting.
  

       

Double-check that the CVSROOT environment variable on your 
     

Linux terminal
   

matches the one on the XP box. In particular, make sure the 
     

case of the user
   

name is the same - if it's YangLong on the Linux box, then 
     

you'll get the
   

error.



     

I checked the environmental variables many times, including username. 
All (including cases) are the same as far as I know. 
Obviously, what I'm 
wondering about is that something (an env variable) somewhere 
in winCVS 
I don't know. Yet I cannot find.

Again I did have connection one time before, even checked out 
a module 
successfully. Since I have problems, I uninstalled, and reinstalled 
WinCVS. Still, I have no luck of success. I'm quite puzzled.
   

 



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