Re: Cannot connect to remote CVS server

[Geoff Beier]

John Nichel wrote:

CVSROOT is set to /webserver/vhosts with these lines in /etc/profile...

 >CVSROOT=/webserver/vhosts
 >export PATH USER LOGNAME MAIL HOSTNAME HISTSIZE INPUTRC CVSROOT
Echoing out CVSROOT return this...

 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] CVSROOT]# echo $CVSROOT
 >/webserver/vhosts
The xinetd entry for the cvs server is as such...

 >service cvspserver
 >{
 >        port = 2401
 >        socket_type = stream
 >        protocol = tcp
 >        user = root
 >        wait = no
 >        disable = no
 >        type = UNLISTED
 >        server = /usr/local/bin/cvs
 >        server_args = -f --allow-root /webserver/vhosts pserver
 >}
I have added my login as a user, which created a 'passwd' file under 
CVSROOT, and contains this...

 >jnichel:VK8EEGWUHyegg:

All is working fine when I use cvs locally, but when I try to connect 
remotely, I get this....

 >cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/CVSROOT login
 >/CVSROOT: no such repository
 >cvs login: authorization failed: server devbox.local rejected access 
to /CVSROOT for user jnichel

Why are you specifying /CVSROOT as your CVSROOT remotely when you've 
specified /webserver/vhosts locally and in your pserver config? Try it 
with /webserver/vhosts.

HTH,

Geoff

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