Re: gCvs not logging on to pserver

Am 29.07.2004 um 09:05 schrieb Guy Rouillier:

> I discovered that gCvs 1.1b1 exhibits  the following behavior when
> attempting to login to a pserver via cvsnt 2.0.51:
>
> (1) If started from a terminal, it will tell me "This CVS command
> required an interactive TTY, I had to kill it."
> (2) If I run in debug mode within anjuta (Linux IDE), I'll get a prompt
> for a password in a terminal window that the debugger starts up.  I can
> enter a password there and continue successfully.
> (3) If I start it from a desktop icon or the system menu, it just
> reports (without ever asking me for a password):
>
> cvs -z3 -d :pserver:[email protected]:/data/cvs/cvsroot 
> login
>
> Logging in to
> :pserver:[email protected]:2401:/data/cvs/cvsroot
> cvs [login aborted]: authorization failed: server cvs00.masergy.com
> rejected access to /data/cvs/cvsroot for user grouillier
>
> If I open a terminal window and type that last command, cvsnt prompts 
> me
> for a password.  If I enter it, I'm authorized.
>
> I'm trying to fix this and frankly, I'm getting bogged down reading my
> way through the labyrinth of password code in gCvs and cvsnt, and
> documentation is scant.

Welcome in the club ;-)

> I'm wondering if someone who is already
> familiar with the communication between CvsGui and cvsnt might help me
> understand.
>
> (1)  Is there a callback mechanism such that if cvsnt needs a password,
> it can ask CvsGui for it over the open pipes?  Then CvsGui would pop up
> a dialog, get the password from the user and return the answer to the
> waiting cvsnt.

I think there is some code that attempts to catch password queries in 
AppGlue.cpp, Line 342 ff.
I'm not sure whether this code is really used during cvs execution, 
since it relies on some environment variable to be queried.
cvsnt should route the getenv queries through the cvsgui wire protocol, 
so _if_ it queries that env variable, it'll end up there...

> (2)  If not, I'm assuming CvsGui is supposed to get the password from
> the user before calling cvsnt, and put that password where cvsnt can
> find it (~/.cvs/cvspass for pserver on Linux). Is there a way for 
> CvsGui
> to ask cvsnt where it keeps its password file, so I don't have to hard
> code this?  I'm guessing other cvs implementations might put the
> password file someplace else.

CvsGui probably assumes the password file is in ~/.cvspass
I don't think there's an option to specify this.

</jum>



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