Re: Host Unknown

[Larry Jones]

Nicolas PEZRON writes [in very long lines]:
> 
> When I try to login to the cvs server, my WinCVS client tells me that
> "Host Unknown" whereas I have managed to configure it with exactly the
> same parameters on an other Windows client...

Your Windows network settings are incorrect.  Talk to your Windows
system administrator.

> I have also tried to connect to a cvs server on the net like
> ":pserver:address@hidden:/cvs-repository" or
> ":pserver:address@hidden:/var/cvs/kos" but WinCVS tells me that
> "cvs [login aborted]: connect to cvs.zope.org:2401 failed: Connection
> timed out"

That usually means that you're behind a firewall that hasn't been
configured to allow outgoing CVS connections.  Talk to your firewall
administrator.

-Larry Jones

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