[cvsnt] authorization failed: server rejected access

Aaron agmz at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 19 19:28:46 GMT 2003


Bo,

Update:  

I tried the steps below with :sspi: and it WORKS!

I was able to set CVSROOT user to either Administrator
or aaron and login successfully, do a directory
listing of /Test (with cvs ls -l).

I will stick to :sspi: now.

Thanks very much,
Aaron



--- Aaron <agmz at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Bo,
> 
> See my response to "Ian Epperson" on why I
> mistakenly
> used :ntserver: when trying to setup :pserver:
> authentitication.
> 
> I noticed that you point out to first issue a "cvs
> login" before the cvs passwd command. This was not
> clear in the documentation either.  Here are the
> steps
> I am now taking
> 
> 
> C:\>set CVSROOT=:pserver:aaron at cvs_server:/Test
> 
> C:\>cvs login
> Logging in to :pserver:aaron at cvs_server:2401:/Test
> CVS password: ******
> cvs [login aborted]: authorization failed: server
> cvs_server rejected access to /Test for user aaron
> 
> I tried the above as Administrator too and got the
> same authorization failure.
> 
> Other notes:
> 
> I am logged on to the cvs_server as Administrator
> 
> I have ServerAuth=No in the config file located in
> c:/_cvsrepo/Test/CVSROOT
> 
> I created a passwd file at c:/_cvsrepo and added
> users
> Administrator and aaron.  I believe this is wrong so
> I
> moved the passwd file to c:/_cvsrepo/Test/CVSROOT 
> 
> 
> admin file contents (listed on separate lines)
> ------
> Adminstrator
> aaron
> 
> 
> passwd file contents (listed on separate lines)
> --------
> aaron
> Administrator
> 
> 
> Thank you very much,
> Aaron
> 
> 
> --- Bo Berglund <Bo.Berglund at system3r.se> wrote:
> > Aaron,
> > in my reply to your post I forgot two vital items:
> > 1) One must use "Reply All" to get anything to the
> > list
> > 2) I forgot to tell you how to use sspi over a
> > firewall
> > 
> > So here goes an expanded repeat of my reply:
> > 
> > You are not using pserver, you are using ntserver.
> > To switch to pserver you need to do on the command
> > prompt:
> > set CVSROOT=:pserver:aaron at cvs_server:/Test
> > cvs login
> > (enter password)
> > 
> > Now you should be in business provided your user
> > aaron is in
> > the passwd file on the server.
> > 
> > To use ntserver across a firewall will never work,
> > you will get the
> > named pipe error just as you do here.
> > 
> > But if you want to use sspi over the firewall it
> is
> > perfectly possible.
> > What you need to do is this:
> > 
> > set CVSROOT=:sspi:aaron at cvs_server:/Test
> > cvs login
> > (enter password)
> > 
> > Note the similarity of the passwd command! The
> > difference from using sspi
> > inside the local LAN is that when you are inside
> > then you don't enter the
> > username in the CVSROOT and you don't use the
> login
> > command.
> > 
> > /Bo
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Aaron [mailto:agmz at yahoo.com]
> > Sent: den 19 februari 2003 08:19
> > To: cvsnt at cvsnt.org
> > Subject: [cvsnt] Couldn't connect to named pipe
> > 
> > 
> > I am trying to install CVSNT on a Windows.
> > 
> > Initially I wanted to go with SSPI for
> > authenticiation
> > but could not get it to work.  
> > 
> > I now want to try pserver just to get something
> > working but I get the following message.
> > 
> > cvs [passwd aborted]: Couldn't connect to named
> pipe
> > on remote machine: Error 1326
> > 
> > I have CVSROOT = :ntserver:cvs_server:/Test
> > 
> > I've configured my firewall to allow connections
> to
> > port 2401. 
> > 
> > 
> > Also, if someone can point me to detailed
> > instructions
> > for SSPI I can try that too.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Aaron
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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