sgala 01/03/15 03:18:36
Modified: xdocs/site cvsonwin32.xml
Log:
more hints for clueless Windoze users :)
Revision Changes Path
1.3 +22 -2 jakarta-site2/xdocs/site/cvsonwin32.xml
Index: cvsonwin32.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-site2/xdocs/site/cvsonwin32.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.2
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diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3
--- cvsonwin32.xml 2001/03/09 20:43:33 1.2
+++ cvsonwin32.xml 2001/03/15 11:18:35 1.3
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
<properties>
<author email="[EMAIL PROTECTED]">Jon S. Stevens</author>
<author email="[EMAIL PROTECTED]">Martin Poeschl</author>
+ <author email="[EMAIL PROTECTED]">Santiago Gala</author>
<title>CVS Access on Windows</title>
</properties>
@@ -67,6 +68,10 @@
<source>
java mindbright.application.MindTerm
</source>
+<p>or</p>
+<source>
+ java -jar path/to/mindtermfull.jar
+</source>
<p>
First connect to SSH host cvs.apache.org by typing so at the
@@ -79,12 +84,19 @@
<p>
Now, go to the tunnels menu and set is up so that local port 2401
-is directed to host "localhost" on the same (you don't need to understand why)
-as showed in the picture below:
+is directed to the same port in the host called "localhost" on the remote end
+of the connection. So, we will connect to our own machine's server, and the
+connection will be automagically transferred to cvs.apache.org in an encrypted
+tunnel (you don't need to understand the last sentences for it to work).
+We show the screen in the picture below:
</p>
<img src="/images/mindterm_tunnel.gif" width="588" height="460"/>
+<p><strong>Note:</strong> If you stop and restart the ssh connection,
+ you can get an error <code>(bind: address already in use)</code>.
+If this happens, quit completely Mindterm and start it again.
+</p>
<p>
Now you can safely minimize your
mindterm window since, for plain CVS operation, you won't need to type
@@ -122,6 +134,14 @@
<section name="CVS client">
+ <subsection name="General note on localhost under Windows">
+<p>
+<strong>Under some Windows setups, "localhost" will not work.</strong> If this
+is the case for you, you can use 127.0.0.1 instead in your CVS client setting.
+"localhost" can be used safely under the ssh tunnel setup discussed
+ in the previous section, as it will be looked up in the remote site.
+</p>
+ </subsection>
<subsection name="Using the jCVS client">
<p>
Launch the jCVS client. Go to the <code>Checkout-Tab</code> and enter the
