or u can change ur cvsupfile's host to *default host=localhost of course :)
Ed. Quoting Edmond Baroud ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I've had the same situation here and I couldn't convince our "security" team to open > 5999 for my cvsups. I do have ssh (22tcp) open, and a box at home, on which I setup > xinetd to accept connections on localhost:5999 => cvsup7.freebsd.org:5999 added > cvsup7.freebsd.org as alias to my localhost in /etc/hosts and tunneled 5999 through > ssh between my office_box and my home_box ;) > > hope this helps, > > Ed. > > Quoting Igor Pokrovsky ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Hello, > > > > I'm in despair. I cannot get past firewall to update > > my sources and ports of FreeBSD. At least it seems > > to me that this is a firewall problem. > > I tried to use all options with -P. Nothing happends, > > every time cvsup writes after quite a long pause, that > > connection to server refused. It is interesting, that > > about a week ago I used the same cvsup on the same system > > (FreeBSD-stable) > > successfully. Some day something happend (perhaps somebody > > reconfigured firewall) and nothing is working now. > > > > Here is my cvsup file: > > *default host=cvsup.FreeBSD.org > > *default prefix=/usr/home/src/CVS/FreeBSD > > *default base=/usr/home/src/CVS > > *default release=cvs > > *default delete compress use-rel-suffix > > > > ## Main Source Tree > > src-all > > > > # Other stuff > > ports-all > > www > > doc-all > > > > I tried to use different mirrors, nothing helps. > > > > Version of cvsup is SNAP_16_1f. > > > > -- > > Igor > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > Edmond Baroud > UNIX Systems Admin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Fingerprint 140F 5FD5 3FDD 45D9 226D 9602 8C3D EAFB 4E19 BEF9 > "UNIX is very user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are." > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Edmond Baroud UNIX Systems Admin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Fingerprint 140F 5FD5 3FDD 45D9 226D 9602 8C3D EAFB 4E19 BEF9 "UNIX is very user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are." To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message