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On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 15:42:50 +0000, Tony Hoyle <tmh at nodomain.org> wrote: >John Hall wrote: > >> If I start to use the LockServer, will the server still work with older >> clients or do I need to upgrade all the clients to the latest version. >> Some people here are still using ntserver, and it is a bit of a pain to >> have to go around and change everyone's cvsroot to use sspi (even with >> the handy fixcvs.pl). >> >It'll be OK even with Unix clients as long as they're using a >client/server protocol. Clients in Local Mode may have probleme. > >Tony > As a follow-up: Are the clients really involved in the locking process? I would believe not since this is really a server issue. Nevertheless I wonder why if the lockserver is not meant to be interacting with the clients it still works through a published TCP port (2402)? Seems illogical to me. But I may have understood it all completely wrong also... /Bo (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)