Re: cvs 1.10.7 server + WinCVS

[Claude Johnson]

On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Matt Riechers wrote:

[-]> cvs add -kb FAQs.doc
[-]> cvs [add aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if
[-]> any)
[-]
[-]An error on 'cvs add' implies that 'cvs co' worked. The user probably doesn't
[-]have write permission in the directory they are trying to add the file to.

But they do. Other files in the same directory are updated, added, 
and committed fine. Or at least had been before this break down.

[-]> Running "cvs -t add -kb FAQs.doc" on the CVS server from a Bash
[-]> shell yielded this:
[-]> 
[-]>         Starting server: rsh cvs.avamar.com -l jberman cvs server
[-]
[-]It sounds like the $CVSROOT environment variable uses the :ext: method on the
[-]local machine, when it usually only contains the repository path. If local
[-]access doesn't work, it's almost certainly a permissions problem.

$CVSROOT in this case has only the path, no :ext: method to be found. 
The $CSVROOT is NFS exported to every machine, so there is never a
need for remote access in these cases (internal LAN). Which is why the
above makes no sense to me.

And maybe I'm mistaken, but why is there no documentation of a "cvs
server" command?

[-]Upgrading the server won't solve your problem, but it will give you better 
leads
[-]to help you (and everyone else) figure it out.

Last resort.


Claude Johnson
Network Scientist
Avamar Technologies
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