CVS-"no repository exist" ERROR
 

Hello friends
i have installed cvs-1-11-* on my redhat 9.0 box
this cvs works perfectly on local method but gives a lot problem on pserver method

my xinetd configfile is
service cvspserver
{
port = 2401
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = cvs
passenv =
server = /usr/bin/cvs
server_args = --allow-root=/cvs/cvsroot -f pserver
env = HOME=/home/cvs
log = /var/log/cvslog
}

i have created a repository at
/cvs/cvsroot/mypr
but whenever i try


cvs -d : pserver:sandeepm@localhost:/cvs/cvsroot/mypr login
Logging in to : pserver:sandeepm@localhost:2401/cvs/cvsroot/mypr
CVS password:
/cvs/cvsroot/mypr: no such repository

how can i solve the problem
plese reply soon

The easiest (and most secure) way to do it is not to use pserver at all. Run sshd on your server machine, and on the client connect using the cvs :ext: method. For example:

cvs -d :ext:sandeepm@localhost:/cvs/cvsroot/mypr login

You might need to define the CVS_RSH environment variable, to tell cvs where your ssh binary is located:

export CVS_RSH=/usr/bin/ssh

That's all you need to do. Then as long as you've got SSH configured so you can login, you can login to CVS too.

Thanks
 

Thanks fro the reply ..
But i already found the solution for the problem

actually i made a mistake while creating the repository

the path to the repository should be exactly same to the variable in --allow-root
in the xinetd.conf file

and also this method provides a very reliable access with ssh there are other problems........
like some organisation do not allow ssh connections for security reasons