Re: how to "lock" repository during backup

[Jesús M. NAVARRO]

Hi, John:

John wrote:
> But there has to be some type of listening process.  I have a cvs server
> on XP, and there is a process that is listening on 2401. If I kill this
> process, no one can make connections to the cvs repository.
>
> Is this not the same on Unix?

Yes it is... somehow.  2401 is the well known port for the pserver 
process to listen to.  The question is that in Unix environments the 
access to that port is usually controlled by a "metaserver" or 
superserver, usually inetd or xinetd.  These "listen" for a lot of ports 
they are responsible for.  Once a client connects with one of the ports 
they control, they pass through the connection to the underlying process 
(the cvs program, for one) so on that systems you usually don't "see" a 
process bound to that port except when there's an active connection in 
course.

I *think* the cvs pserver program it's most probably working as a 
"service" on your XP box.  Then, if all your users reach the repo 
through a network connection the easiest way to block it is just 
stop/suspend the service for a while and start/resume when you're done.

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SALUD,
Jesus
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