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Hi Wolfgang, I can´t help you at the moment but I have exactly the same trouble. I searched unbd asked also in the news.eclipse.org/eclipse plattform but there isn´t any answer in the moment. I will send you a message if I get more info Karl-Heinz "Wolfgang Winzer" <wwinzer at ka-dus.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:c6baup$gp2$1 at paris.nodomain.org... > Hi everybody! > > I tried setting up cvsnt 2.0.38 on a winnt4 sp6 box, but I encounter strange > behaviour concerning paths (with and without prefixing), which prevents > eclipse from accessing the repository correctly. > > did everything by the book > -------------------------------------------- > I followed all instructions in http://www.cvsnt.org/wiki/InstallationTips > including those to make cvsnt create a passw file in order to use pserver. > A quick inspection with explorer shows me that the following filestructure: > C:\cvstemp > C:\cvsrepo\test\Cvsroot\Emptydir > with Cvsroot filled with all configfiles of course. > > for the tests with eclipse I used prefixing and unix pretender mode > > Problem: strange paths > -------------------------------------------- > when I enter > # set cvsroot=:pserver:myname at mybox:/test > # cvs ls [-r -R] > > I get the following error message: > > # cvs server: cannot open directory C:/cvsrepo/test/test: No such file or > directory > # cvs server: skipping directory > > obviously, somewhere an extra "/test" got added to the path, rendering it > useless. > > > without prefixing > ------------------------- > I tried setting > # cvsroot=:pserver:myname at mybox:C:\cvsrepo\test > and unchecking the "use prefix" box in the cvsnt config but the result is > still exactly the same. > > without pserver > ------------------------- > I switched back to sspi but the result was still the same > # cvsroot=:sspi:mybox:C:\cvsrepo\test > > rest works fine? > ------------------------- > The command "ls" works fine though when explicitly given a module as > parameter, e.g. > # cvs ls cvsroot > Checkout/checkin via commandline seem to work as they should. > I also had trouble adding domain users via passwd -a -D username, (user was > added but login didn't work) but I can't see a connection there. > also, authentication via pserver or sppi both take about 6sec > > => Eclipse useless > --------------------------- > I tried Eclipse 2.1.3 and Eclipse 3.0M6, they both can make the connection > but they can't see any modules (head stays empty, void even of cvsroot) in > the repository and they can't share projects (which sums up to an cvs import > I guess). I know there are serious issues with Eclipse hooking up with cvsnt > but judging by this list, a lot of people *do* get it to work. At least they > encounter errors at a much later stage. > > Trying to share a project shows exactly the same "extended-path" behaviour > as with the "ls" command: I get a box headed "Problem Occurred", saying > ":cvs [server aborted]: Directory /test/test does not exist on the server". > Since this also happens with "ls", I daresay it's not an eclipse specific > bug. > > Nobody elses problem??? > ------------------------------ > When I checked this list, I was surprised to find that although there were > lots of issues with eclipse, my problem appears to be unique. Is it? > > any suggestions? > thx in advance, > > Wolfgang > >