[cvsnt] problem: adding cvs users

J. Valdez anakin13 at hotmail.com
Thu Sep 12 12:54:18 BST 2002


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This is what I had in mind.  How can I configure my system to operate in
this way?
Thanks,
Joey
"Bo Berglund" <Bo.Berglund at system3r.se> wrote in message
news:mailman.1031728924.24490.cvsnt at cvsnt.org...
> Well,
> it really does not get to me yet. The only observation I made on your
question
> is that the error message tells about the pserver protocol not being
supported.
> This can be caused by:
> 1) A faulty cvs.exe on the search path on your PC
> 2) A faulty installation of CVS on your PC where the pserver_protocol.dll
is missing
> 3) The maintainers of the server have decided that pserver is insecure and
have removed
>    pserver support by removing this dll on the server side.
>
> Otherwise the way you are using CVS has nothing to do with the error
message reported.
> A warning though:
> You cannot have a sandbox operating towards more thtan one CVS server!
> So if you think that you could use your sandbox towards the company server
while on line
> and towards your local CVSNT server while travelling, then you will mess
up your data.
> The only way I can think of is to have two sandboxes, one towards the
server and one
> towards the laptop. Then update the server sandbox before leaving the
company LAN, copy
> all files from the server sandbox to the laptop sandbox (both of course on
the laptop)
> and update towards the laptop CVSNT. This will reveal all files that are
different on the
> laptop CVSNT compared to the server. Now commit to the local laptop CVSNT.
> On the road you may now work on the laptop sandbox and use the local CVSNT
for versioning.
> When you come back to the office, copy all files (that have changed since
you left) from
> the laptop sandbox to the server sandbox and update/commit towards the
server CVS.
> What you will get is one revision jump only on the server since all your
offline work will
> be collected in one single commit.
> Don't know if this is what you had in mind though...
>
> /Bo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J. Valdez [mailto:anakin13 at hotmail.com]
> Sent: den 11 september 2002 02:29
> To: cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook
> Subject: Re: [cvsnt] problem: adding cvs users
>
>
> Bo,
>
> I do see the output you specified.  I should also say that I have an
> environment variable named CVSROOT that is set to point to my company's
cvs
> server.  What I'm trying to do is to install a cvs server (on my laptop)
so
> that I can version control my code but I'd also like to be able to
continue
> to check in/out code from my company's cvs server.  I hope this helps
better
> explain my predicament.
>
> Joey
>
>
> Bo Berglund" <Bo.Berglund at system3r.se> wrote in message
> news:mailman.1031651743.22599.cvsnt at cvsnt.org...
> > The error you see indicates to me that you have another cvs on your path
> somewhere
> > and it gets in the way.
> > Please do this on the command window:
> > cvs --ver
> > It should return the following information:
> > Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 1.11.1.3  (Build 57g) (client/server)
> > <more copyright info etc...>
> >
> > Do you see this as well?
> >
> > /Bo
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: J. Valdez [mailto:anakin13 at hotmail.com]
> > Sent: den 10 september 2002 00:00
> > To: cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook
> > Subject: [cvsnt] problem: adding cvs users
> >
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I should preface this by saying that I'm new to cvs and cvsnt.
> >
> > Having said this, I have installed a cvs client and performed the
> necessary
> > configuration to enable me to access my company's cvs server.
> >
> > I would like to set up cvsnt on the same computer that I use to access
my
> > company's cvs server.  I have followed the steps in the cvsnt
step-by-step
> > installation guide.  When I get to step 9: Adding CVS Users I get the
> > following output:
> >
> > CVS [passwd aborted]: the :pserver: access method is not supported by
this
> > port of CVS.
> >
> > I would appreciate any help in resolving this problem.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Joey
> >
> >
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