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Hi, Me 2 was hving the same problem, try to do one thing, if u r connecting using the SSPI protocol, dont put ur user name coz it will authenticate wiz ur username that u log on to your machine, put the path like this: :sspi:@cvs.##.dk:/repo regards vinay Jakob Kruse wrote: >We use various machines for development. On many of them we have no control >over our login/username, so we generally always use the CVSROOT syntax you >described: > >:sspi:My Username at cvs.###.dk:/repo > >We generally use TortoiseCVS in our work. When the response from the CVS >server indicates that login has not been performed already, Tortoise prompts >for a password and then sends a cvs login command. But then again I'm sure >you are already familiar with this. > >What my friend did was to try a new checkout using his own username, which >worked (no prompt for password because he has logged in on that particular >machine using that particular username and cvs server long before cvsnt 2.5 >saw the light of day). Then he tried the very same checkout using another >persons username, and that didn't work. > >Are there any tests you can suggest that might help in tracking down this >error? I can reproduce it very consistently on at least 10 client pc's >running all sorts of different software, in multiple repositories, using >multiple usernames - on the same server. I won't say it only occurs on this >particular server, but I don't have any other servers to try. Anyway, some >clients work fine, and I can't find a pattern. > >The most obvious test case is when I do different checkouts >_on_the_server_itself_. Using the default sspi username (that is, specifying >none in the CVSROOT), I will get the error when accessing the server using >it's internet name (cvs.###.dk) and I will not get the error using the lan >name for the machine or "localhost". > >Should it be helpful I can provide a login on the server in question. > >Regards, >Jakob Kruse > > > >"Bo Berglund" <bo.berglund at telia.com> wrote in message >news:ifa5l11caub58dprom7g3ngtoa1ts8r456 at 4ax.com... > > >>On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 16:21:27 +0200, "Jakob Kruse" <kruse at kruse-net.dk> >>wrote: >> >> >> >>>New findings - and I still need a fix for this extremely annoying problem >>>rather urgently: >>> >>>One of my colleagues has no problem on his existing development machine >>>when >>>updating/committing under his own username. However, if he tries to do a >>>checkout under another username (one which has not previously been used on >>>that particular machine), he gets the "Error reading from server" error. >>> >>> >>> >>Can you explain more in detail how you managed to switch to another >>user for checkout using sspi??? >>SSPI normally uses the Windows login for connection so what you >>suggest indicates that you have logged out, then log in as another >>user? >> >>But SSPI can also be used by changing the connection string to: >>:sspi:user at server:/repo >>With this syntax you need to do a cve login (once only) where you give >>the password of the indicated user. >>Then CVS operations should work and are now using the new account. >>Is this what you did? >> >>I switch between the two all the time and I use various servers >>ranging from 2.0.38 to 2.0.41a to 2.5.2.2115 and I do not see any >>trace of your problems.... >> >> >>/Bo >>(Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden) >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >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 > >