[cvsnt] Re: Newbie question about running under windows

[Bo Berglund]

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 18:09:11 -0600, "Hines, John"
<john.hines at cingular.com> wrote:

> I have cvsnt installed on my box and can do all the stuff I want to do
>using local.  I would like to give other users access to the repository so I
>made the C:/Repositories directory sharable for Everyone and SYSTEM.  I
>though a syntax like 

You should never use :local: when you work with CVSNT as a server,
using :local: bypasses the server completely!

And you should *NEVER EVER* put a share on the repository, that is the
sure way to disaster...

>
>cvs -d
>:sspi;username=myWindowsUserName;password=myWindowsPassword;hostname=myBoxNa
>me;port=2401:/Repositories/telepos8_4_0 init 

1) This is not the syntax of the protocol, from where did you get it?

2) You cannot init a repository using a client/server protocol. This
has to be done through the CVSNT control panel applet in order to get
it done correctly.

3) And why do you want to do it in the first place?
You say you have a working installation already, then you must also
already have a repository so why not verify that you can connect to
that existing repository???
Like so:  :sspi:myBoxName:/Repositories

>On my local box would allow me to see how the system would respond to the
>other uses by creating a new repository.  But, I get this response.  
>
>cvs -d
>:sspi;username=myWindowsUserName;password=myWindowsPassword;hostname=myBoxNa
>me;port=240... init 
>cvs [init aborted]: /Repositories/telepos8_4_0: no such repository
>
>***** CVS exited normally with code 1 *****

4) Sure, since what you sent it is completely rubbish...

>I'm confused, yes, there is no telepos8_4_0 - that's what I'm trying to
>create. 

5) You can't create repositories remotely...

>Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

6) Yes, a whole lot. Please read up on CVS basics...


/Bo
(Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)