Re: Installation on Linux and accessing WINCVS from W2K

[Matt Riechers]

mw_in_bru wrote:
> 
> I have installed CVS on Linux RED HAT7.1 using Xinetd (on port 2401).
> For the client I am using Wincvs1.2 on W2K.
> 
> When I try to start a process on the Linux box I receive error "CVS
> exited with error code 0"

WinCVS prints this after every CVS call. An exit code of 0 means there were no
errors. What CVS command were you running? Did anything else print to the
screen?

> Reading the Xinetd log produced: there is a message
> (paraphrasing): "starting unix process and then this immediately
> dies."

Please never paraphrase error messages. You need to post the full message
(obscuring only sensitive info, if necessary) if you expect a useful response.
You might also try the troubleshooting section in the manual:
<http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_21.html#SEC182>

-Matt