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Thanks Arthur, :ssh:/:ext: did the trick. I guess I got hung up on
pserver because that's the default choice in Eclipse.
Doug
Arthur Barrett wrote:
> Doug,
>
> Send your questions to the newsgroup not to me.
>
>
>> Thanks for the reply. Here's the problem.
>>
>> CVS works just fine when I access a local repository from the command
>> line.
>>
>
> NEVER EVER EVER use :local: - it is for the developers of CVSNT and no
> one else (ok - maybe for a few other "experts" - but definitely not for
> a novice).
>
>
>> I don't need to "log in." But my real objective is to
>> access CVS
>> from Eclipse. (I'm writing a book on using Eclipse for embedded
>> software development and part of one chapter is about CVS and team
>> programming.) Eclipse doesn't use the :local: protocol and
>> defaults to
>> :pserver:.
>>
>
> Use :pserver: from the command line...
>
>
>> Do I understand correctly that pserver is supposed to use the
>> system's
>> user names and passwords? But when I try to connect to the local
>> repository from Eclipse it doesn't accept my password. It comes back
>> with an authentication error.
>>
>> By the way, the host is running RHEL 4.
>>
>
> Have you read about the recommended protocols (pserver is NOT
> recommended), scroll to the bottom of this page:
> http://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/security.htm
>
> For a RHEL server I suggest you use :ssh:/:ext: protocol which will not
> require further configuration. If you do really want to use :pserver
> then you must configure the server inetd or xinetd:
> http://www.cvsnt.org/wiki/InstallationLinux
>
>
>
>> TIA for any insights you can offer.
>>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Arthur
>
>
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