Glad you found the right way :--)
-prabhakar
> Never mind, I figured this out. Here is the lowdown:
>
> 1) First, the JBoss Developer page is wrong about the required CVS userid.
> The page claims it should be
> :ext:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/jboss
> but in reality (as the SourceForge page states) it should be
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/jboss
>
> 2) Regarding the verification steps below, the SourceForge page is wrong on
> step 4. Because the shell is restricted, you don't get the echo back. What
> I got back below is correct. (I confirmed this by looking at the
> SourceForge bug reports. Several other people reported this same thing.)
>
> 3) Here is the clincher. Many other people were having the same problem as
> me ("commit" requires write access to the repository"). I went out and
> walked the dog (at 1:30 am!!!) and that helped clear my head. I suddenly
> realized that do matter what I did to my userid in 1) above, I always got
> the same result. That finally struck me as peculiar; one of the formats had
> to be wrong, and I should have gotten an error message on one of them. Then
> I remembered that brain-impaired WinCvs (or this a CVS problem) keeps the
> userid used to check out files in the CVS/Root file in each directory. It
> then uses *** that *** userid from then on, no matter what you put in the
> Preferences dialog. This is a serious bug. So I renamed the entire
> contrib directory to oldcontrib, and then checked out the contrib module
> again with credentials set as in 1) above. Finally, I was able to commit
> changes.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Guy Rouillier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 11:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [JBoss-user] WinCvs write access to JBoss in SourceForge
>
>
> > Prabhakar, I followed the instructions in the second link below, setting
> up
> > Putty manually. In the section "Testing automated authentication", I
> tried
> > the following steps:
> >
> > 1.. At the command prompt, enter: c:\putty\plink.exe
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] echo "SSH public key is in place."
> > 2.. Upon executing this command, we should receive a line back, stating:
> > SSH public key is in place.
> > 3.. At the command prompt, enter: c:\putty\plink.exe
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] echo "SSH public key is in place."
> > 4.. Upon executing this command, we should receive a line back, stating:
> > SSH public key is in place.
> > 2 finished as stated. However, when I executed 3, I got this:
> >
> > H:\>plink [EMAIL PROTECTED] echo "ssh public key is in place"
> >
> > Welcome to cvs.sourceforge.net
> >
> > This is a restricted Shell Account
> > You cannot execute anything here.
> >
> > Notice I did not get the echoed text. Is this okay, or am I not properly
> > configured? Also, that same page says I should access a project as
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/projectname
> >
> > But the JBoss developer page says I should use:
> >
> > :ext:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/jboss
> >
> > Which is correct?
> >
> > Unfortunately, I'm still getting this when I try to commit:
> >
> > cvs commit -m "Moved GlobalFree to end of convertArgStringToArgList.
> > GlobalFree was being\ncall..." service.c (in directory
> > H:\jboss\contrib\ntservice\src\c\)
> >
> > cvs [server aborted]: "commit" requires write access to the repository
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Prabhakar Chaganti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 7:31 AM
> > Subject: Re: [JBoss-user] WinCvs write access to JBoss in SourceForge
> >
> >
> > > You can get ssh as part of the cygwin distribution for windows or you
> > could use a java client for windoze that has builtin ssh, like putty or
> > mindterm. Check out these links
> > > for more info:
> > > http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/
> > > http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=766&group_id=1
> > > http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=765&group_id=1
> > >
> > > -prabhakar
> > >
> > >
> > > > I am supposedly set up for developer access to the JBoss project in
> > > > SourceForge. Using my SourceForge userid as described on the
> Developer
> > page
> > > > on the JBoss site, I am able to check out a module in WinCvs.
> However,
> > when
> > > > I try to commit a change, it tells me
> > > >
> > > > cvs [server aborted]: "commit" requires write access to the repository
> > > >
> > > > I read on the JBoss developer that I need to be using SSH1. How do I
> go
> > > > about getting SSH1, and has anyone successfully used it with WinCvs?
> Do
> > I
> > > > just tell WinCvs to use SSH Server for authentication instead of
> > password?
> > > > I tried this and it didn't get me any further. BTW, I would have done
> a
> > > > search of the forums but they are still down. All help is
> appreciated.
> > >
> > >
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