Mike Friemann wrote:
>
> The company that I work for has two offices in the US. We decided to
> look into CVS so that both offices would have access to the same
> source repository.
>
> The server sits out on the web and the clients are behind a firewall.
> We can get WinCVS clients to connect to a CVS server just fine as long
> as we don't have to go through a firewall. With a firewall we seem to
> connect to the server, but then we get, "Connection reset by peer".
> All I had the SysAdmin do was open the 8888 port on the firewall for
> outgoing.
>
Since you're using WinCVS, I assume you're using the pserver connection.
This means that the sysadmin needs to open 2401 for outgoing
connections. If you were using ssh, you'd presumably open 22.
Now, pserver is not secure, so you might want to see about using
ssh (which some people on this list claim is easy) or running some
sort of secure socket connection for port 2401.
> I've looked all over the net for a solid step by step instruction
> document on connecting to a cvs server through a firewall and I cannot
> find one.
>
I would assume that it's a matter of firewalls differing. The
documents refer to what you need to use CVS. If you've got a
firewall, you should have a sysadmin who is able to manage it,
and the docs will tell you that pserver is on port 2401.
(Note: AIX seems to use 2401 for something different, so if you're
working on AIX you may have additional problems.)
> I don't even remember the official docs mentioning anything about a
> firewall entering the picture.
>
They also don't describe how TCP/IP works, or how to hook up an
ethernet LAN. Again, if you've got a firewall, you should have
somebody who knows how to let specific ports through. If you're
using pserver, you need to open 2401 for outgoing connections.
If your sysadmin doesn't understand that, you have more problems
than we can help with.
