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On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:29:25 -0500, "Ben Pachol" <ben at bisonline.com> wrote: >Hi. I'm new to using cvs. I have setup a repository and can pull files out of it locally. Now, I'm trying to connect to that same repository over a LAN. > >I keep getting this same error no matter what I do. Note that pc146 is the computer name of the machine on the lan that contains the repository named cvsrepository. > >cvs -d :server;hostname=pc146:/cvsrepository init >cvs [init aborted]: connect to pc146:514 failed: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. > The message "actively refused" actually comes from the TCP/IP network layer and means that there is no service running on the target machine thta listend on port 2401. Tthis means CVSNT is not up and running, or you have a firewall on that machine blocking access from outside. Maybe you have installed XP service pack 2? It will put a firewall in your computer. /Bo (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)