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Ok I tried that. I was able to ping the machine thanks to the 'hosts' file. But I still get this, trying many combinations of protocols, name, user, port cvs [checkout aborted]: connect to CVSserver:514 failed: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. Error, CVS operation failed It does not ask for a password Any clues? Dave A On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 16:08:48 -0500, Matt Epstein wrote: >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 >> > >> > >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >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