Re: CVS log in bug?

[Larry Jones]

Robert J. Feller writes:
> 
> cvs status: cannot log in as local user 'LoginID', remote user 'loginid'
> cvs [status aborted]: Permission denied by rshd

This is an rsh problem, not a CVS problem.

> where my usernames on NT and UNIX are "LoginID" and "loginid",
> respectively.  I have set up my CVSROOT as
> "loginid@unix_machine.com:/repository_install_directory" and am using
> .rhosts authentication (i.e., "nt_machine.com LoginID").

The most likely problem is that the hostname that rshd is determining
for your NT machine doesn't match what's specified in your .rhosts file
or the protections on your .rhosts file aren't correct and thus rshd is
ignoring it.  You might want to check your syslog for error messages
from rshd.

-Larry Jones

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