On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:56:18 -0600 Bob Proulx <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Carlo, > > Ineiev wrote: > > Carlo Wood wrote: > > > This worked, because now I can do ssh [email protected] > > > and it doesn't ask for my password anymore (I get an error that > > > I am not allowed to execute that command; obviously because it > > > is a restricted shell for cvs only). > > Good! That means everthing *should* be working. Is it? > > > I would check if these things work: > > > > * "member" cvs checkout > > Just to be clear... Are we talking site web pages or project source > code? > > Did that work for you? Try a pristine checkout in an empty directory. > > cvs -z3 -d:ext:[email protected]:/sources/which co which > > Success?? Nope, this just hangs; just like the 'cvs diff' in the existing dir. > > > * anonymous cvs checkout and cvs diff with it > > Similar but for anonymous cvs pserver protocol. (I always recommend > ssh protocol as the above example.) > > cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[email protected]:/sources/which > co which > > Success? Yup, this works. > > Bob Still no clue what to do/try next. Thanks for the help! Carlo PS Decades ago I used cvs, but now all I can work with is git. In the end, I just want a which git repository. My attempt to check it out now is so that I can covert it including history; but I have no idea how to do THAT either...
