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I am getting the same error message. I'm using windows 2000 pro and i'm on a comcast cable modem, so there is a firewall. I've tried manually enabling ports 2401-2402, but that did not solve the problem. I' have all the protocols installed, but i am setting it to use sspi. even when i do a "cvs ver" I get this "cannot agree on authentication scheme". I've succesfully installed it at work on my XP machine, but that also has a different kind of firewall. Anybody using sspi succesfully on a cable modem? "Bo Berglund" <bo.berglund at telia.com> wrote in message news:5c5ivvsv8q37gn21ou1ra6c48pq7uoi38c at 4ax.com... > On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 03:16:15 -0000, Bjørn Toft Madsen > <sunbeam60 at sunbeam60.net> wrote: > > >Accordingly I figured I would alias some user names to get onto the system. > > > >However I get the following output: > >------------------------------------ > >F:\>cvs passwd -a -r "Bjørn Toft Madsen" bjorn > >cvs [passwd aborted]: Can't authenticate - server and client cannot agree on > >an authentication scheme (got '') > >------------------------------------ > > > >... and even if I try to set up a regular user (myself) using... > >------------------------------------ > >F:\>cvs passwd -r "Bjørn Toft Madsen" -a "bjorn" > >------------------------------------ > > > >... I get the exact same response. Was looking through the mailing list > >archive, but could only find > >http://www.cvsnt.org/pipermail/cvsnt/2003-October/009048.html which doesn't > >really provide any clues. > > > > 1. If you want to use users from the passwd file then they will have > to use the :pserver: protocol. But I guess you knew this already. > > 2. I tested on my system by adding a real user account named "kalle > kula" and then issuing the commands like this: > C:\Temp>cvs passwd -a oscar -r "kalle kula" > Usage: cvs passwd [-a] [-x] [-X] [-r real_user] [-R] [-D domain] > [username] > -a Add user > -x Disable user > -X Delete user > -r Alias username to real system user > -R Remove alias to real system user > -D Use domain password > > C:\Temp>cvs passwd -r "kalle kula" -a oscar > Adding user oscar at altair > New password: ***** > Verify password: ***** > > As you can see the order of the added and real user seems important, > by first specifying the real user and then the cvs user it worked. > However, I did not get the same error message as you did and I did not > use an "exotic" character in the username either.... > > 3. Check the cvs version by this command: > C:\Temp>cvs ver > Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.0.11 (client/server) > Server: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.0.11 (client/server) > > What do you see? Can you execute any cvs command at all? > Like cvs ls for example... > > > /Bo > (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)