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On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 09:20:25 -0500, "Keith D. Zimmerman" <kzimmerman at eshcom.com> wrote: >I am trying to use the new :ssh: protocol in cvsnt. Whenever I do cvs >update on a small repository, it works ok. If I do cvs update on a >larger one, it'll fail. If I use compression, it'll work in that one, >but then I move on to an even larger one, and no matter what I do with >compression, it fails. It seems like the protocol fails when dealing >with a large list of updates... > >The error message I am getting is: > cvs [update aborted]: writing to server socket: error -1 > >Any ideas? Is there a better way to use ssh with cvsnt? Or a better >way to give external, encrypted access? Make sure you're using the latest version, as ssh is constantly improving (the repository size issue sounds like something I fixed a couple of versions ago). At he moment using something like plink.exe with :ext: is more stable if you want fewer hassles (more people have experience with it so it's probably easier to solve problems). Tony