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BTW: Check your original thread. I think Bo just did a much better job than I did in answering your original post. -m "Matt Epstein" <matt at fortissoftware.com> wrote in message news:cm8sn5$r6g$1 at paris.nodomain.org... > A little is better than nothing :) > > The hosts file trick is done on the client. I use XP so mine is located at > C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc > The file is just called hosts with no file extension. Open it with notepad > and add a line with the IP address you need to use and then the servername, > e.g.: > > 123.456.789.1 CVSSERVER > > Yeah, I meant DNS on the Internet -- sorry I wasn't clearer. We actually > don't have a registration for our cvs server, but instead have a catch-all > registration for *.fortissoftware.com to point at our firewall. So when I > use cvsserver.fortissoftware.com in my CVSROOT, it just resolves to our > firewall -- which then forwards traffic on port 2401 along to our cvs server > inside our network. > > -m > > > <david.arendash at manyone.net> wrote in message > news:mailman.2405.1099428980.21094.cvsnt at cvsnt.org... > > Helps a little. > > > > I'm pretty lite on server stuff anyway. > > > > When you say > > > > >hardcoding my server's name into my hosts file along with the public IP > > > > how is that done, and is it on client, server, or both? > > > > >registering the server in DNS > > > > Do you mean the internet DNS at large, or the DNS stuff you find > > in NT/XP networking setup, and again, client, server, or both? > > > > Thanks again > > > > Dave A. > > > > On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 15:52:17 -0500, Matt Epstein wrote: > > > > >Hi Dave, > > > > > >I just got my remote access working recently over :sserver. I couldn't > use > > >:sspi unless I VPNed to our corporate network. However, I am using my > domain > > >account to authenticate because aliased my domain account into the passwd > > >file using: > > > > > >cvs passwd -a -D <domain name> <real account name> > > > > > > So you should be ok over sserver regardless of whether you use a cvs > > >username or a domain username. > > > > > >Regarding the servername issue, I was initially able to connect by > > >hardcoding my server's name into my hosts file along with the public IP > > >address I need to use to hit it from remote location. That way my CVSROOT > is > > >exactly the same as it is when I am local to the server, but the system > > >would resolve it to the public IP address that I needed to use from > remote > > >location. > > > > > >Eventually we ended up registering the server in DNS so that the name > would > > >resolve to the correct IP address so now I just use > cvsserver.mydomain.com > > >as my servername in CVSROOT. > > > > > >I hope that helps a little. > > > > > >-matt > > > > > > > > ><david.arendash at manyone.net> wrote in message > > >news:mailman.2403.1099426662.21094.cvsnt at cvsnt.org... > > >> So I finally got CVSNT + Tortoise working for me on my LAN, > > >> where I can specify the computer's name as the server name, > > >> ex: :sspi:CVSserver:/cvsnt/archive > > >> > > >> and connect, since I have the same user/password on both client > > >> and server. > > >> > > >> Now I want to access remotely. I opened ports 2401 and 2402 in my > > >> firewall to that servermachine. I can obtain the mostly-static IP > > >> address. But when I go remote, I only know (for example): > > >> > > >> :sspi:123.321.255.64:/cvsnt/archive > > >> > > >> In other words, no domain or machine name. > > >> > > >> Suggestions? Would a different protocol work? I tried ext and sspi > > >> and pserver, they all fail, generally saying 'server actively rejected > > >> access' > > >> > > >> Thanks > > >> Dave A > > >> > > >> "Some men see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never > > >were and say "Why not?" -- Robert Francis Kennedy > > >> > > >> "Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the > world; > > >> indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." > > >> --Margaret Mead, anthropologist > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >cvsnt mailing list > > >cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook > > >http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt https://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/en.asp#downcvs > > > > > > > > > "Some men see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never > were and say "Why not?" -- Robert Francis Kennedy > > > > "Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world; > > indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." > > --Margaret Mead, anthropologist > > > > > >