Re: Setting up first repository

[Roddie]

on 10/3/05 2:48, Pierre Asselin at address@hidden wrote:

> Roddie <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> [a test repository] is a good idea and I've been trying it.
>> I can log in OK, but when I try
>> to import a trial project using "cvs -d
>> :pserver:address@hidden:/usr/local/CVS import myProj no-vendor release-0"
>> I get "cvs [import aborted]: reading CVS/Tag: Not a directory".
> 
> pserver ?  Why not just :local:/usr/local/CVS ?  No xinetd, no login,
> no passwords to set up...
> 
> When you put a cvs server on your colocation box I recommend :ext:
> with CVS_RSH=ssh and public key authentication.  I assume
> you already have the ssh part set up ?  Othwerwise how do you
> reach your colocated machine ?

I'm now trying to get the repository on the co-lo working, but I'm confused.
ssh works fine and I have "CVS_RSH ssh" in my .tcshrc. When I connect to the
server with ssh it asks for a password, but :ext: seems to not use
passwords. How is this secure? But I can't connect anyway:
"cvs -d :ext:address@hidden:/var/lib/cvsroot import cvstest
cvstest_project ver_0-1"
returns (after a pause of several seconds)
"c4.anu.net: Connection refused"

A separate question, I think... Creating a repository seemed to work (I'm
following Jennifer Vesperman's book). How can I check that a repository
exists?

Thanks

Roddie Grant