Re: Difficulty connecting to CVS repos from winCVS

[Yanglong Zhu]

Yanglong Zhu wrote:

> Jim.Hyslop wrote:
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> > Yanglong Zhu [mailto:address@hidden wrote:
> >  
> >
> > > Jim.Hyslop wrote:
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> > >   
> > >
> > > > Yanglong Zhu [mailto:address@hidden 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.
Well, now I figured out the culprit of the problem I experienced. It is 
an undocumented CVS odd behavior caused the problems.

> > [retaining the rest of the message for the mail list's benefit]
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> > > > [...]
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> > > >     
> > > >
> > > > > When I supposedly supply everything correctly to winCVS, I will get
> > > > > cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden:/path/to/CVSrootDir login 
> > > > > Logging in to       
> > > :pserver:address@hidden: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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