Re: connecting to repository on a linux machine from win2k machine

[Matt Riechers]

Sriram Viswanadham wrote:
> 
> Thanks Matt for the reply,
> 
> i've tried to connect to the repository on linux
> machne from wincvs on my win2000 mahine. Let me put it
> in steps i've done to be more clear -
> 
> 1. "address@hidden:/usr1/vsriram/myCVSROOT" - here
> cin1161 is the machine no of the linux machine, and
> the cvsroot is at myCVSROOT. I've specified this as
> the CVSROOT in the dialog for menu
> 'Admin->Preferences'
> 
> The first Q i have is - what is to be specified for
> the Authentication feild - The list contains
> local,pserver,rhosts, ntserver and ssh.
> 
> Since i'm connecting to the repositry on linux, i have
> selected 'rhosts'.

Why? The fact that the server is running linux has nothing to do with the access
method. You have to check the server to see what method it supports (if you
haven't set it up yourself).

That said, you should probably try pserver next. If you want to know if the
server supports pserver, telnet to port 2401 and hit 'Enter'. If it gives you
'cvs [pserver aborted]: ...', it is supported.

> "cvs.exe [checkout aborted]: cannot fdopen -1 for
> write: No such file or directory"

'rhosts' means your're using rsh to connect to the repository. What happens when
you run a remote command on the server with 'rsh'? If you get 'connection
refused', it's likely that the server doesn't support it. Again, you probably
want pserver.

-Matt