Re: Problem: CVS cannot work properly in SSH shell

["Mark Priest" <mpriest at erols dot com>]

Neophytos,

Did you remember to set the CVS_RSH environment variable to "ssh"?  I think
that by default cvs uses rsh as the ext protocol.  By the way I am using cvs
with ssh and ext on Windows XP Professional and I have only had one
permissions-related problem (see
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2003-07/msg00293.html).  You should also
simply try to access the account using an ssh client to do an ls or
something simple as Corinna suggested to make sure ssh is setup properly.

If you attach the cygcheck output as Corinna suggested it will be easier to
diagnose the problem.  If ssh is working properly then I would turn on
debugging on the sshd server using the sshd -ddd argument and send the
output to the list.

Good luck,
Mark

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neophytos Neophytou" <fytosneophytou@yahoo.com>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Cc: <fytosneophytou@yahoo.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 8:17 AM
Subject: Problem: CVS cannot work properly in SSH shell


> Hi all,
>    I'm trying to access a CVS repository on my Cygwin
> on Windows XP, using :ext: protocol with SSH but I
> keep running into problems. It seems that there is a
> bug that prevents CVS to run properly in an SSH shell,
> or some of my environment is really messed up.
>    The following command sequence (within cygwin
> shell) better describes my problem:
> ----------------------------------------
> First I create a simple CVS repository, and try to
> check out the CVSROOT. It works locally.
> ----------------------------------------
>
> $ mkdir ~/cvs
> $ cvs -d /home/fytos/cvs/  init
> $ cd /tmp
> $ cvs -d /home/fytos/cvs/ checkout CVSROOT
> cvs checkout: Updating CVSROOT
> U CVSROOT/checkoutlist
> U CVSROOT/commitinfo
> U CVSROOT/config
> U CVSROOT/cvswrappers
> U CVSROOT/editinfo
> U CVSROOT/loginfo
> U CVSROOT/modules
> U CVSROOT/notify
> U CVSROOT/rcsinfo
> U CVSROOT/taginfo
> U CVSROOT/verifymsg
> ----------------------------------------
> Now, I want to do the same thing, but inside
> an SSH shell. CVS cannot find the repository and
> aborts.
> ----------------------------------------
>
>
> $ ssh fytos@localhost "cvs -d /home/fytos/cvs checkout
> CVSROOT"
> fytos@localhost's password:
> cvs [checkout aborted]: /home/fytos/cvs/CVSROOT: No
> such file or directory
>
> ----------------------------------------
> Because of the above, the following command also
> doesn't work.
> This is my main complaint...
> ----------------------------------------
>
>
> $ export CVSROOT=:ext:fytos@localhost:/home/fytos/cvs
> $ cvs checkout CVSROOT
> fytos@localhost's password:
> cvs [server aborted]: /home/fytos/cvs: no such
> repository
>
> ----------------------------------------
> Following are the versions of involved programs.
> Please post the relevant commands if more info is
> required to further investigate this.
> ----------------------------------------
> $ uname
> CYGWIN_NT-5.1
>
> $ ssh -v
> OpenSSH_3.6.1p1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL
> 0x0090702f
>
> $ cvs -v
> Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.11.5
> (client/server)
> ----------------------------------------
>
> Thank you very much in advance. Any response will be
> greatly appreciated.
> Sincerely,
>    Neophytos Neophytou
>
>
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