Community technical support mailing list was retired 2010 and replaced with a professional technical support team. For assistance please contact: Pre-sales Technical support via email to sales@march-hare.com.
That info got cvsnt working great This had me baffled. Great Stuff Bo Jesse "Bo Berglund" <Bo.Berglund at system3r.se> wrote in message news:mailman.1030691766.8219.cvsnt at cvsnt.org... > Actually this will not work as it introduces extra slashes. The problem is that > the repository is sitting directly on the drive root and if you use the control > panel applet to set the root (by navigating to the drive root) it will be entered > as C:/. In comparison if the repository is sitting in a subdirectory like this: > C:\CVSREPOS\Repository > then using the applet to set the prefix and navigating to C:\CVSREPOS it will > be entered as C:/CVSREPOS (note no trailing /). > Now when someone uses a cvsroot setting like :pserver:me at server:/Repository > CVSNT will expand this to: > C://Repository (in the first case) > C:/CVSREPOS/Repository (in the second case) > obviously the first case will cause an error because of the double //. > The only way I have found of setting the prefix to the root of the drive is to > do as follows: > 1) Use the applet to set it erroneously to C:/ > 2) Use Regedit, find HKLM/Software/CVS/Pserver > 3) Edit the entry for RepositoryPrefix by removing the trailing / > 4) Stop and Start the CVSNT service (net stop cvs, net start cvs from command prompt) > > Now the prefix stuff should work OK. > > This problem in the applet may have been fixed in the latest build (57f), but > I have not checked this. > > /Bo > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anders Truelsen [mailto:at at systematic.dk] > Sent: den 30 augusti 2002 08:17 > To: Nathan W. Phelps; cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook > Subject: RE: [cvsnt] CVSROOT problems for remote clients & updated CVSNT > > > Hi Nathan > > I believe c:\ as "Repo prefix" should do the trick. > > Regards, > anders > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nathan W. Phelps [mailto:NOSPAM.nphelps at solarc.com] > > Sent: 29. august 2002 18:35 > > To: cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook > > Subject: [cvsnt] CVSROOT problems for remote clients & updated CVSNT > > > > I used to be able to connect to CVSNT from remote machines by using > the > > following CVSROOT > > :pserver:myusername at mycvsserver:C:/Repository > > > > However, I downloaded a new version of CVS (1.11.2) and it complains > about > > this. So, I decided while I was having problems that I might as well > > upgrade CVSNT to the newest version. So, now that I've done that, can > > someone tell me what the new "Repository prefix" setting should be, > what > > the > > "Repository Root" should be and finally what the client side (pserver) > > cvsroot should be? > > > > My Repository is C:\Repository > > > > Thanks, > > > > Nathan > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > cvsnt mailing list > > cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook > > http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt https://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/en.asp#downcvs > _______________________________________________ > cvsnt mailing list > cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook > http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt https://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/en.asp#downcvs