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Thx mate.. my answers 1. The old system was win2K Server, the new one too is win2K Server . 2. The users pointed to in passwd file are valid system accounts (local machine). i took care while recreating these accounts on the new server. 3. No admin file functions were being used. I may b wrong here, how do i verify these things (there are a large number of users, asking each one won't b a practical option) 4. Sounds great, where can i get more info on this, i mean more on using repository prefixes. Moving to a bigger disk in future would definately b on the cards. do these help !! your 4th pointer cud be a workaround and would definately b useful for future and i seriously want to pursue this. Do gimme pointers to some info on this. thx a lot. -js "Bo Berglund" <Bo.Berglund at system3r.se> wrote in message news:B974373707D4D311A33A0008C70D326B76DAB7 at 3rexchange01.system3r.com... > 1) What type of system was your old CVS server? CVSNT or Linux or what? > 2) The passwd file contains the users allowed access to CVS. They must be > valid system user accounts, either on the machine where CVSNT runs or > on the domain. If your old system was on CVSNT and you had no domain > then you must create all of the user accounts you had on the old machine > also on the new one (only those that used CVS of course). > 3) The repository can be copied or moved as is from the old server to the > new one, all modules and files will be compatible. However if you have > used any of the administrative file functions like loginfo, notify or > similar then you must go over these as well and make sure they are correct > on the new system. And of course the passwd file reflects users that must > exist.... > 4) In order to make the future use more easy to manage I recommend that you > place the old repository into a "cvsrepo" subdirectory on a separate disk > and then use the CVSNT Repository Prefix feature to hide the disk and location > from the clients. Say you create a base directory d:\cvsrepo and into this you > copy the old repository "barba", then you set the repository prefix in cvsnt > to be d:/cvsrepo and the repository itself now becomes /barba. > On the clients the new connect string will become like this example: > :pserver:cat at 172.17.24.17:/barba > Now you can at a later time decide to move it all to yet another bigger disk > without having to change anything on the clients. And any Linux/Mac client > will be able without problems to use your CVSNT server since the drive letter > part is removed (drive letters are not known in Unix systems) > > /Bo > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jasmeet S. Virdi [mailto:virdi at softhome.net] > Sent: den 20 mars 2002 08:17 > To: cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook > Subject: [Cvsnt] moving CVS repository > > > Hi all, > Till now i had a shared CVS box with a cvs repository for my team. I > recently got a dedicated box and setup CVS on > it. I created a repository by the same name as on my shared system, before > starting CVS fot NT, i moved all the files and folders under my old cvs > repository (including CVSROOT to preserve version info) to my new box and > added the new folder as a repository on my new box. It did not prompt me to > initialize it, i believe that could be because of the presence of CVSROOT. > Now the problem. I had a passwd file on the old box that got copied > along with CVSROOT to the new box. But when i try to login into CVS on the > new box, it jumps as > > D:\TEMP\New Folder>set CVSROOT=:pserver:cat at 172.17.24.17:D:\barba > > D:\TEMP\New Folder>cvs login > Logging in to :pserver:cat at 172.17.24.17:240:D:\barba > CVS password: ******** > > D:\TEMP\New Folder>cvs checkout dox > Fatal error, aborting. > cat: no such user > > > The CVSROOT variable has been correctly set. > > Could nebody point out the problem here please .... > > > -js > ===================================== > send me secure email, use PGP. > My keys at http://virdi.port5.com/virdi.txt > ===================================== > > > _______________________________________________ > Cvsnt mailing list > Cvsnt at cvsnt.org > 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 > 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 http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt https://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/en.asp#downcvs