RE: can't connect with windows cvs

[Stephen Morley]

Thanks for the input. The problem was a little obtuse and I'm still not sure
why it solved it but when I stopped using an IP address and changed to a
host name (define in hosts file) I was able to connect!!

Any idea why?

Stephen

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Stephen Morley writes:
> 
> I have an odd problem in that I can't get the command line version of cvs
> under windows to connect. I am able to get the system to connect to itself
> (Solaris 2.5). But when I try to do the same thing from windows I get
> Connection refused.
> 
> telnet from the NT box report the bad auth protocol message so I'm
> connecting correctly. I can telnet to the box. I can also execute cvs from
> another solaris box, just not from the NT box. 

"Connection refused" means that no one is listening at the port you're
trying to connect to.  Since telnet works, there are a couple of
possiblities:  Did you telnet to port "cvspserver" or to port "2401"? 
It may be that "cvspserver" is mapped to the wrong port on your NT box.
Another possibility is that your $CVSROOT on the NT box is incorrect and
you're actually trying to connect with rsh instead of pserver.

-Larry Jones

I've got more brains than I know what to do with. -- Calvin