Re: Can't check in with CVS 1.11.21

[Jim Hyslop]

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Simon Renshaw wrote:
> I always get a "connection refused" message when I try to access CVS
> with pserver even if port 2401 is open. I have to use extssh to connect
> to CVS.
Is that going to cause major problems? If not, go with the extssh rather
than pserver.

Have you tried the troubleshooting steps in the manual:
http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.11.21/cvs_21.html#SEC189

> I can do a check out just fine. I then created a new file and tried to
> check it in and got the following error message: "cvs [commit aborted]:
> 'user' is not allowed to commit files".

Does it say 'user' or does it say 'root'? I grepped the source code for
"not allowed to commit", and the only error message I found was:

commit.c:   error (1, 0, "'root' is not allowed to commit files");

Make sure you aren't trying to run CVS as root. CVS refuses to run as
root, for security reasons.

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