Re: Unable to connect to CVS: to Concurrent Versions System (CVS)

[Larry Jones]

address@hidden writes:
> 
>       I tried the below mentioned technique to trouble shoot the problem.
[...]
> I am able to telnet 2401 port and it displays hello, but still when I try to
> login to cvs server 
> 
>               > cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden:/usr/local/cvsroot login
>               > (Logging in to address@hidden)
>               > CVS password:
>               > cvs [login aborted]: received broken pipe signal
> 
>               I get the following error > cvs [login aborted]: received
> broken pipe signal

What happens when you try the first part of the mentioned technique:

>       One good debugging tool is to "telnet servername 2401". After
> connecting, send any text (for example "foo" followed by return). If CVS is
> working correctly, it will respond with 
>       cvs [pserver aborted]: bad auth protocol start: foo     

If you don't get that response, then your /etc/inetd.conf is wrong --
most likely you've got the path to CVS wrong.

And please send requests for help to address@hidden rather than to me
personally; there are lots of other people that can help, too.

-Larry Jones

I don't think math is a science, I think it's a religion. -- Calvin