password authentication problem

[Jean LEE]

Hello all,

 

There si one week that I try to make a WinCVS client (192.168.0.2)  working with a CVS server (192.168.0.1) on Linux but without success. I think there is something that I have really do not understood. Here is what I done with pserver (I know that it is not secure but it seems to be the easiest) :

 

installing CVS on Linux (Redhat 7.3) in /usr/local/cvs/

add to PATH : /usr/local/cvs/bin

 

cd /usr/local/cvs

mkdir cvsroot

set CVSROOT to /usr/local/cvs/cvsroot

 

cvs init

I tried somme things locally and it works (import, checkout, commit,....)

chmod 777 -R /usr/local/cvs (not secure but to be sure I have the rights...)

create passwd file in /usr/local/cvs/cvsroot/CVSROOT which contains only :

 

    station:

 

set SystemAuth=no in the 'config' file in /usr/local/cvs/cvsroot

 

in /etc/xinetd.d, I created the file cvspserver with the lines :

 

    service cvspserver

    {

        port                =2401

        socket_type    =stream

        protocol          =tcp

        wait                =no

        user                =root

        passenv          =PATH

        server             =/usr/local/cvs/bin/cvs

        server_args     = -f --allow-root=/usr/local/cvs/cvsroot pserver

    }

 

restart xinetd service

verify that xinetd is listening on port 2401 with netstat

 

 

on WINCVS :

 

Admin -> Preferences ->    

    Authentication :     pserver
    Path: /usr/local/cvs/cvsroot
    host address: 192.168.0.1

    user name: station

 

Admin -> login

When asking for a password, I type enter without any password

 

Then, I received the message :

 

CVSROOT: address@hidden:/usr/local/cvs/cvsroot (password authentication)

Python 2.3.3 (#51, Dec 18 2003, 20:22:39) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] on win32

CVSROOT: address@hidden:/usr/local/cvs/cvsroot (password authentication)

cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden:/usr/local/cvs/cvsroot login

Logging in to :pserver:address@hidden:2401:/usr/local/cvs/cvsroot

cvs [login aborted]: Error reading from server 192.168.0.1: 0: No such file or directory

***** CVS exited normally with code 1 *****

Which is the file or directory which is not found ?

Any advice would be great......

Jean