Re: SSH: cvs not found.

[Andrew Johnson]

Hans Almqvist wrote:
> I am running WinCvs 1.3.8.1 Build 1. on my client
> and Linux RH 7.1 on the server.
...
> When I try to use SSH I get the fallowing:
>
> //
> NEW CVSROOT: address@hidden:/usr2/cvsroot (ssh authentication)
> cvs -d :ext:address@hidden:/usr2/cvsroot init 
> bash: cvs: command not found
...
> Logged in with SSH Terminal I get :
> //
> address@hidden hasse]$ /usr/local/bin/cvs
> Usage: cvs [cvs-options] command [command-options-and-arguments]
...
> This shows that cvs in the path .

Often an interactive shell will get a different path to a non-interactive 
one.  You might find that if you manually run 'ssh <host> printenv' that 
your path setting doesn't include /usr/local/bin, which would explain the 
above error from bash.

I don't know how you tell WinCVS to do this, but on command-line cvs you 
can set the environment variable CVS_SERVER on the client machine to the 
full pathname of the cvs binary on the server, and it will work.

- Andrew
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