Re: Can't Connect from Windows...

[Larry Jones]

J. Andrew MacDonald writes:
> 
> I setup a repository on a NetBSD machine... I added users to the
> $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd file... I also added an entry to /etc/inetd.conf
> to allow cvs (pserver) to listen on port 2401.  Local to the repository
> I can do a "cvs login" and checkout modules... but where my problem lies
> is when I try to login from a Win98SE machine.  It says that the
> connection was refused... Normally I would just think that the server
> isnt running, but I can telnet to it... and my connection is accepted.

It would help to have the exact error message rather than a paraphrase. 
It may well be that you're specifying an invalid username, password, or
repository.

-Larry Jones

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