[cvsnt] authentication failed

[Glen Starrett]

You should probably report that as a bug--it certainly sounds like one.  I'm
not familiar with the internals but something seems amiss.

Glad you got it figured out--thanks for the detailed info.

Regards,

Glen Starrett
 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org 
> [mailto:cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org] On Behalf Of David Somers
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 11:10 AM
> To: cvsnt at cvsnt.org
> Subject: RE: [cvsnt] authentication failed
> 
> 
> Hi Glen,
> 
> > > I've created two new root repositories (using the CVS for NT
> > > control panel
> > > applet), called "/test" and "/trevezel".
> > >
> > > The strange thing is that I can only access the one called
> > > "/test". If I try
> > > to access the other one I get an Authentication failed.
> >
> > The repositories can have different settings.  Look for 
> differences in the
> > config file in their respective CVSROOTs (specifically 
> SystemAuth), and if
> > you're using READERS or WRITERS.
> 
> I hate to say this, but they are *identical*.
> 
> But I've kinda worked around the 'problem'...
> 
> > Also note that unless your credentials are different on the
> > server than what
> > you logged in with locally, you don't need to include 
> "username@" in the
> > cvsroot (-d) parameter.
> 
> This is the 'problem'.
> 
> H:\>cvs -d :sspi:david at caxton:/test ls
> Listing modules on server
> 
> CVSROOT
> 
> H:\>cvs -d :sspi:david at caxton:/turnip ls
> cvs [ls aborted]: Authentication protocol rejected access
> 
> H:\>cvs -d :sspi:david at caxton:/potato ls
> cvs [ls aborted]: Authentication protocol rejected access
> 
> H:\>cvs -d :sspi:caxton:/test ls
> Listing modules on server
> 
> CVSROOT
> 
> H:\>cvs -d :sspi:caxton:/turnip ls
> Listing modules on server
> 
> CVSROOT
> 
> H:\>cvs -d :sspi:caxton:/potato ls
> Listing modules on server
> 
> CVSROOT
> 
> as you can see, I've got three root repositories, test, 
> turnip, and potato.
> (well, what else would you call your test roots!)
> 
> I can always get at test.
> 
> turnip and potato only work when I *omit* my username(and I 
> am currently
> logged in under that username)
> 
> I get the feeling that "test" is being handled as a special 
> case within
> cvsnt ;-)
> 
> Also:
>    cvs -d :sspi:david at caxton:/turnip ls
>    takes about 1 second to respond
> but
>    cvs -d :sspi:caxton:/turnip ls (and turnip and potato)
>    takes about 8 seconds to respond.
> 
> If I use WinCVS to access these roots, it works just fine 
> (and the username
> is given). Also, it works in about 1 second to do a "ls". The 
> really strange
> thing is that WinCVS is executing the same cvs.exe that I'm 
> using from the
> command line, but its behaving differently.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> David
> 
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