Just thought I'd let you know that the problem is fixed, and to thank you all for your kind help.
I have hardly believe what the issue was! The problem was that there was another machine of the same name on the network, not running CVS! So when I CVSd to it, of course it refused... Doh^2! Cheers, Ben -----Original Message----- From: Hill, Benjamin W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 June 2003 16:26 To: Jones, Larry Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Help: Linux CVS Server Access Problem Hi, I have been through the troubleshooter, but not found anything I haven't tried. When I try to connect to the server from a Windows machine using: set cvsroot=:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs/repository cvs login [USERNAME] ..I get the line: "CVS password:" ...but when I enter a password I get: "cvs [login aborted]: connect to [SERVERNAME]([SERVERNAME]):2401 failed: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it." I have checked that the cvspserver file is in /etc/xinetd.d and that there is a LISTEN entry when doing a netstat. I can however log in from the Linux box itself using: export cvsroot=:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs/repository cvs login [USERNAME] ..and check out code etc. I will look at the pserver -f bit though! Cheers, Ben -----Original Message----- From: Jones, Larry Sent: 06 June 2003 16:17 To: Hill, Benjamin W Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Help: Linux CVS Server Access Problem Hill, Benjamin W writes: > > And I can authenticate, and then check out code in the repository > fine. The problem is when I try to connect to the server remotely and > do the same thing. See the troubleshooting advice in the manual: <http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.6/cvs_21.html#SEC184> If that doesn't help, feel free to ask for help, but at least tell us exactly what the problem is! > server_args = --allow-root=/cvs/repository pserver -f The -f belongs before pserver, not after. -Larry Jones Oh, what the heck. I'll do it. -- Calvin _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs