[cvsnt] Re: Can't access CVSROOT dir with 2.0.41a or later...

Colin Bowler colin.bowler at ktgplc.com
Mon Jul 26 09:47:36 BST 2004


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Hi Glen,

Just CVSROOT. Removing the username sorted the issue - many thanks.

Colin


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org
> [mailto:cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org] On Behalf Of Glen Starrett
> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 5:30 PM
> To: cvsnt at cvsnt.org
> Subject: [cvsnt] Re: Can't access CVSROOT dir with 2.0.41a or later...
> 
> 
> Colin Bowler wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I'm having a strange problem where I can't access anything
> in CVSROOT
> > from CVSNT 2.0.41a or later.
> > 
> > I've tried 2.0.41a and 2.0.51a to no avail - I get 'Authentication
> > protocol rejected access' with all of them. I also can't do a 'cvs 
> > ver'. I can freely update, commit, tag other modules in the 
> > repository.
> 
> Is this just CVSROOT or your entire repository?  Usually that
> error is 
> associated with a bad login.
> 
> > 
> > However, with 2.0.14 (the latest pre-2.0.41 version I
> have), it works
> > just fine... I can update, commit or whatever in CVSROOT,
> do a cvs ver
> > and so on.
> > 
> > 
> > CVSNT server ver is 2.0.14 - yes, quite old, but entirely
> adequate for
> > us!
> > cvsroot is sspi:colinb at server:2401:/CVS_Repos
> 
> Try removing the username from that string, it typically
> works best for 
> everyone without.
> 
> I wonder if this is a new problem with username on sspi??
> Several users 
> have reported issues with that syntax and it cleared up by 
> removing the 
> username.
> 
> > Using WinCVS (Tried several versions - pointing them at the
> > appropriate cvsnt version has isolated the problem as being CVSNT)
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Colin
> > 
> 
> 
> --
> Glen Starrett
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