Re: problems accessing repository: no such repository

[Jamie Wellnitz]

On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 03:44:20PM -0700, Gabe Pinar wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm new so please bear with me.
> 
> I installed cvs-1.11.2 from ftp://ftp.cvshome.org/pub/ on a Redhat 7.2
> server.  I installed from tar using all the defaults.  
> 
> I added entries in /etc/services and made the correct entry for
> /etc/init.d/cvs.  Connections to port 2401 are working as advertised.
> 
> I created a repository like this:
> cvs -d /home/cvs/CVSROOT init
> 
> Set the environment variable:
> export CVSROOT=/home/cvs/CVSROOT
> cvs init

You don't need to do cvs init on the client side (is this a
client/server arrangement?  It's not clear to me).

Also you don't want to specify the CVSROOT directory.  i.e. just ust
/home/cvs here because it has to match what you use with the :pserver:
line below.

> 
> I try to access the repository like this:
> cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden:/home/cvs/ login
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^
This has to match the root dir you cvs init'd above.

> 
> I get the following error message:
> Logging in to :pserver:address@hidden:2401/home/cvs/
> CVS password: 
> /home/cvs/: no such repository
> 
> Thanks for any tips you may be able to offer us, we're almost ready to use a
> commercial product (gasp!) because I haven't been able to make this work for
> the last week.
> 
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