[cvsnt] Re: Error reading from server ####: -1: Unknown Error

[Vinay Jhumun]

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...
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>>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) 
>>    
>>
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