[Cvsnt] Cant get any remote protocols working - please help

Russ Freeman news at freesoft.co.uk
Sun Feb 17 13:42:34 GMT 2002


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Er..

> By uninstalling everything on the client and server and reinstalling build
> 41 it is not working with the ntserver protocol, which is great.

41 it *is now* working with the ntserver protocol, which is great. !!

;)


"Russ Freeman" <news at freesoft.co.uk> wrote in message
news:a4o9ur$gf9$1 at sisko.my.home...
> Your a star - it worked!
>
> I actually started out with build 41 but I think some of the advice on the
> devguy site threw me a bit which meant that install got broken. My remedy
> was to install 51 in a hope that it would work. It didn't. I then ended up
> fighting with build 51 on both the client and server to no avail.
>
> By uninstalling everything on the client and server and reinstalling build
> 41 it is not working with the ntserver protocol, which is great.
>
> I guess my feedback for the CVSNT development effort is this:-
> - need to look into why ntserver protocol is troublesome since 41
> - instructions for CVS newbies (me) need to be revised (perhaps taking
> devguy notes as basis + readme )
> - keep up the good work! CVSNT will mean we can get away from a SourceSafe
> setup which is a toy compared. Thanks!
>
> Thanks again,
> Russ
>
> "Brian Smith" <brian-l-smith at uiowa.edu> wrote in message
> news:3C6ECC50.8020802 at uiowa.edu...
> > I ran into this problem too. Windows 2000 Workstation SP2 Client,
> > Windows 2000 Workstation SP2 Server. This is a problem specific to the
> > beta version (it doesn't happen on the stable version). I am using
> > NTSERVER protocol.
> >
> > Here is how I tested it:
> >
> > 1. Remove all CVSNT stuff from computer (uninstall, delete registry
keys)
> > 2. Install Build 41. Create & initialize new repository
> > 3. Test Build 41 with "cvs checkout CVSROOT" -- Everything is OK
> > 4. Remove Build 41 (uninstall, leaving registry alone)
> > 5. Install Build 51
> > 6. do the same "cvs checkout CVSROOT" with the same CVSHOME;
> >
> >      cvs [checkout aborted]: authorization failed: server m43414
> > rejected
> >      access to e:/brian/test
> >
> > 7. Create a new repository using build 51. try to check out from the new
> > repository: same error
> > 8. Uninstall build 51
> > 9. Install Build 41.
> > 10. issue "cvs checkout CVSROOT" on the repository created with build 51
> >      the checkout succeeds
> >
> >
> > Russ Freeman wrote:
> > > Setup:
> > > Win2000 client connecting to Win2000 server via VPN
> > > Both using build 51 (8a) (even though dialogs still say build 50...?)
> > > Trying to use ntserver protocol
> > > Read readme and devguy notes
> > >
> > > config says SystemAuth=yes
> > > still have passwd file listing all users and domains anyway
> > > Local access of repository works fine.
> > >
> > > All checkboxes ticked in config tool except "use local accounts..."
> > > ------------------
> > > Assuming server is "foo", and f:/cvs is the respository (f: is a local
> drive
> > > partition) when I trying something like:-
> > >
> > > cvs -d :ntserver:foo:f:/cvs ls CVSROOT
> > >
> > > I get :
> > > "cvs [ls aborted]: authorization failed: server alpha rejected access
to
> > > f:/cvs"
> > >
> > > All commands do the same thing. I've even given everyone full access
to
> the
> > > repository to ensure they have full rights.
> > > If I try running the cvsserver in test mode, it logs the start and end
> of
> > > the ntserver process but no other trace messages.
> > >
> > > I've also tried sspi, which just says the request was rejected but the
> > > remote machine
> > > I also tried using pserver which just causes CVS.EXE to crash on the
> server!
> > >
> > > I've spent 16 hours on this today so I would really appreciate some
> ideas on
> > > this - thanks.
> > >
> > > Russ
> > >
> > >
> > >
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