Re: Connecting to a Unix CVS repository with Tortoise CVS

Robert Citek wrote:
> These are the environment variables I use under *nix to connect to a
> CVS server running on Solaris:
>
> export CVS_RSH=ssh
> export CVSROOT=:ext:foobar:/usr/local/cvsroot
> export CVS_SERVER=/usr/local/bin/cvs
>   
As you also have figured out, 'cvs' is not in the default search path on 
the CVS server (I would argue that it should be, but never mind).

AFAICT, setting the CVS_SERVER environment variable should also work 
using CVSNT on Windows. Try it.
> And under Linux and Solaris, they work like a charm, especially when
> used with ssh keys.
>
> The error message seem to suggest the server doesn't know where to
> look for the cvs command.  Unfortunately, I don't know where to enter
> information for the CVS_SERVER variable.  If I change the protocol
> from ext to ssh and enter CVS_SERVER=/usr/local/bin/cvs for protocol
> parameters, I get a different error:
Don't do that. CVS_SERVER and CVSROOT are two completely different things.

-Torsten

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