[cvsnt] Re: strange problem involving authentication, no such repository etc.

[Tony Hoyle]

Subhadip Sarkar wrote:
> in the cvsnt applet, repositories tab, i have two entries:
> name                                          root
> /cvs/cvsrepo                              g:/cvs/cvsrepo
> /cvs/cvsrepo/test                        g:/cvs/cvsrepo/test
> 
> and then I do
> 
>>set cvsroot=:sspi:cygnus:/test
>>cvs ls
> 
> and get
> cvs [ls aborted]: /test: no such repository 

That makes sense.

You need to use a cvsroot the same as the repository name.

Try

set cvsroot=:sspi:cygnus:/cvs/cvsrepo
cvs ls

btw. You have an odd combination - you wouldn't normally put one 
repository inside another like that.  Is there a particular reason for 
doing that?

Tony