Hello all,

There si one week that I try to make a WinCVS client (192.168.0.2) working with
a CVS server (192.168.0.1) on Linux but without success. I think there is
something that I have really do not understood. Here is what I done with pserver
(I know that it is not secure but it seems to be the easiest) :

installing CVS on Linux (Redhat 7.3) in /usr/local/cvs/
add to PATH : /usr/local/cvs/bin

cd /usr/local/cvs
mkdir cvsroot
set CVSROOT to /usr/local/cvs/cvsroot

cvs init
I tried somme things locally and it works (import, checkout, commit,....)
chmod 777 -R /usr/local/cvs (not secure but to be sure I have the rights...)
create passwd file in /usr/local/cvs/cvsroot/CVSROOT which contains only :

station:

set SystemAuth=no in the 'config' file in /usr/local/cvs/cvsroot

in /etc/xinetd.d, I created the file cvspserver with the lines :

service cvspserver
{
port =2401
socket_type =stream
protocol =tcp
wait =no
user =root
passenv =PATH
server =/usr/local/cvs/bin/cvs
server_args = -f --allow-root=/usr/local/cvs/cvsroot pserver
}

restart xinetd service
verify that xinetd is listening on port 2401 with netstat


on WINCVS :

Admin -> Preferences ->
Authentication : pserver
Path: /usr/local/cvs/cvsroot
host address: 192.168.0.1
user name: station

Admin -> login
When asking for a password, I type enter without any password

Then, I received the message :

CVSROOT: station@...:/usr/local/cvs/cvsroot (password authentication)

Python 2.3.3 (#51, Dec 18 2003, 20:22:39) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] on win32

CVSROOT: station@...:/usr/local/cvs/cvsroot (password authentication)

cvs -d :pserver:station@...:/usr/local/cvs/cvsroot login

Logging in to :pserver:station@...:2401:/usr/local/cvs/cvsroot

cvs [login aborted]: Error reading from server 192.168.0.1: 0: No such file or
directory

***** CVS exited normally with code 1 *****

Which is the file or directory which is not found ?

Any advice would be great......

Jean


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