[cvsnt] CVSROOT problems for remote clients & updated CVSNT

[Jesse Bruce [PCS]]

That info got cvsnt working great
This had me baffled.
Great Stuff    Bo

Jesse


"Bo Berglund" <Bo.Berglund at system3r.se> wrote in message
news:mailman.1030691766.8219.cvsnt at cvsnt.org...
> Actually this will not work as it introduces extra slashes. The problem is
that
> the repository is sitting directly on the drive root and if you use the
control
> panel applet to set the root (by navigating to the drive root) it will be
entered
> as C:/. In comparison if the repository is sitting in a subdirectory like
this:
> C:\CVSREPOS\Repository
> then using the applet to set the prefix and navigating to C:\CVSREPOS it
will
> be entered as C:/CVSREPOS (note no trailing /).
> Now when someone uses a cvsroot setting like
:pserver:me at server:/Repository
> CVSNT will expand this to:
> C://Repository (in the first case)
> C:/CVSREPOS/Repository (in the second case)
> obviously the first case will cause an error because of the double //.
> The only way I have found of setting the prefix to the root of the drive
is to
> do as follows:
> 1) Use the applet to set it erroneously to C:/
> 2) Use Regedit, find HKLM/Software/CVS/Pserver
> 3) Edit the entry for RepositoryPrefix by removing the trailing /
> 4) Stop and Start the CVSNT service (net stop cvs, net start cvs from
command prompt)
>
> Now the prefix stuff should work OK.
>
> This problem in the applet may have been fixed in the latest build (57f),
but
> I have not checked this.
>
> /Bo
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anders Truelsen [mailto:at at systematic.dk]
> Sent: den 30 augusti 2002 08:17
> To: Nathan W. Phelps; cvsnt at cvsnt.org
> Subject: RE: [cvsnt] CVSROOT problems for remote clients & updated CVSNT
>
>
> Hi Nathan
>
> I believe c:\ as "Repo prefix" should do the trick.
>
> Regards,
> anders
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nathan W. Phelps [mailto:NOSPAM.nphelps at solarc.com]
> > Sent: 29. august 2002 18:35
> > To: cvsnt at cvsnt.org
> > Subject: [cvsnt] CVSROOT problems for remote clients & updated CVSNT
> >
> > I used to be able to connect to CVSNT from remote machines by using
> the
> > following CVSROOT
> > :pserver:myusername at mycvsserver:C:/Repository
> >
> > However, I downloaded a new version of CVS (1.11.2) and it complains
> about
> > this.  So, I decided while I was having problems that I might as well
> > upgrade CVSNT to the newest version.  So, now that I've done that, can
> > someone tell me what the new "Repository prefix" setting should be,
> what
> > the
> > "Repository Root" should be and finally what the client side (pserver)
> > cvsroot should be?
> >
> > My Repository is C:\Repository
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Nathan
> >
> >
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