[cvsnt] Re: CVSNT troubleshooting

[Tony Hoyle]

bogdan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to install CVSNT on a WinNT PC and access
> it from a linux workstation. I've installed CVSNT
> 2.5.03 on WinNT, and on linux I have CVS 1.12.12.
> After setting proper CVSROOT on linux 
> (export
> CVSROOT=:pserver:Administrator at Win.NT.IP.Addr:2401/cvsroot)
> I tried "cvs login", prompts for password, and
> afterwards I get:
> "
> CVS password:
> Fatal error, aborting.
> Administrator: Switch to user failed due to
> configuration error.  Contact your System
> Administrator.
> "
> What can I do to make it work?
> 

Have you rebooted after installation?  (this is required) Have you 
changed the service account from its defaults? (doing so requires a lot 
more configuration - best to leave it at localsystem).

Also note that pserver does not currently work on 64bit Windows (the 
next interim release should fix that).

Tony