cvs checkout: cannot open directory /cvsroot/modulename

[Olivier H.]

Hi all,

I'm trying to use my cvs pserver in a remote way :

- pserver on linux (on a VDS with RedHat 7.2 core)
        Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.11.18 (client/server)
- TortoiseCVS on Windows XP
        TortoiseCVS version 1.8.7

I've a module on the pserver (modulename) and the cvsroot is '/cvsroot/'

When working in local (on the linux box) everything goes well, I'm able 
to use CVS feature without any problems.

When working in remote (on the Windows XP box) I get the following error :

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cvs checkout: cwd=C:\[...]\Mes documents ,current=C:\[...]\Mes documents
cvs checkout: cannot open directory /cvsroot/modulename: No such device 
or address
cvs checkout: skipping directory modulename
cvs checkout: in directory .:
cvs checkout: cannot open CVS/Entries for reading: No such file or directory

Succès : opération CVS terminée
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on the linux box :

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$ cd /cvsroot ; ls -al
drwxrwxr-x    4 myuser mygroup        4096 Nov 20 00:16 .
drwxr-xr-x    6 myuser mygroup        4096 Nov 19 23:14 ..
drwxrwxr-x    3 myuser mygroup        4096 Nov 19 23:15 CVSROOT
drwxrwxr-x    6 myuser mygroup        4096 Nov 19 23:24 modulename
$ cd /cvsroot/modulename
drwxrwxr-x    6 myuser mygroup        4096 Nov 19 23:24 .
drwxrwxr-x    4 myuser mygroup        4096 Nov 20 00:16 ..
-r--r--r--    1 myuser mygroup         536 Nov 19 23:22 file1,v
drwxrwxr-x    3 myuser mygroup        4096 Nov 19 23:24 dir1
drwxrwxr-x    4 myuser mygroup        4096 Nov 19 23:24 dir2
drwxrwxr-x    3 myuser mygroup        4096 Nov 19 23:24 dir3
-r--r--r--    1 myuser mygroup         695 Nov 19 23:24 file2.txt,v
-r--r--r--    1 myuser mygroup        1407 Nov 19 23:22 file3.php,v
drwxrwxr-x    3 myuser mygroup        4096 Nov 19 23:24 dir4
...
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login (via TortoiseCVS is done with a "virtual" pserver user which is 
mapped to "myuser" by cvs pserver.

cvs pserver is running with the identity of myuser.mygroup


I tried with Cygwin shell too (on the Windows XP box) but I obtained the 
same error.

I need help.

Thanks in advance,

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Olivier H.