[cvsnt] Re: problem getting latest version working

[Bo Berglund]

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:54:00 -0700, Allen <info at glacialcomponents.com>
wrote:

>I just setup a new cvsnt server and am trying to access it
>using the latest tortoisecvs.  I'm trying to use sserver.  I created a
>repository with name /tconf and it's in the directory d:/tconf.  It
>has a cvs folder inside it and looks to be properly initialized.

A *repository* usually *does not* have a CVS directory inside!
After initialization there should only be a CVSROOT dir which contains
the administrative control files.
Are you sure you are not mistaking the repository for the sandbox?

>
>
>On the client, if I right click an empty directory and go to checkout.
>I setup the server, username, module name, etc.  But it tells me that
>the
>
>-------------------------------------------------
>
>In F:\test2: "C:\Program Files\TortoiseCVS\cvs.exe" "-q" "checkout"
>"-P" "/tconf"
>CVSROOT=:sserver:alex at myserver:8400:D:/tconf
THe repository specification is off! THere are no drive letters in a
repository name, please check your entries. You should probably use
  :sserver:alex at myserver:8400:/tconf instead

>
>Empty password used - try 'cvs login' with a real password
>cvs.exe [checkout aborted]: D:/tconf: no such repository

Rightly so! There is an error in CVSROOT!

>
>However, if I set this stuff up in DOS based on this website
>
>http://web.telia.com/~u86216177/InstallCVSNT25.html
>
>(see the 'test your new server from dos') then I can list the contents
>of the folder just fine.  One thing I did notice is that when I set it
>up in DOS, the command stirng ends up something like
>CVSROOT=:sserver:alex at myserver:8400:/tconf

Not what I have written, it does not mention any port number change...

> as opposed to the tortoise

This is the CVSNT list/forum and if you have problems with Tortoise
you should contact their list instead...

>gui which looks like CVSROOT=:sserver:alex at myserver:8400:D:/tconf.
>
>
>anyone have any idea why this is failing?

Because of the Drive letter and maybe because of the extra port number
(8400) you have added.


/Bo
(Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)