> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 11:12 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: remote connection fails with non-usable error > > From this it sounds as if I'm missing something pretty serious on the > repo host. However I do not recall having to run cvspservers or > anything else special, just to connect from a remote machine. > > Is it the case that for small home use I need to run a pserver to be > able to checkout from a remote host?
Your CVSROOT didn't specify a protocol, so I don't know what protocol it's using, but my guess is pserver. Normally, if you want to use an external protocol via ssh, you would specify your CVSROOT as something like: export CVSROOT=:ext:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/cvsroot and specify your CVS_RSH as something like: export CVS_RSH=/usr/bin/ssh Then when you run a CVS command, it should either prompt you for your password for the remote machine, or your passpharase for your SSH connection, or if you have an SSH agent running connect directly. This is further explained in the Cederqvist: http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.11.22/cvs_21.html#SEC189 -- Rick Genter Principal Software Engineer Silverlink Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.silverlink.com
