Re: [viewvc-users] Help needed with misconfigured ViewVC

Huyen Huynh wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having problems configuring ViewVC.
> 
> My CVS server is running on a Linux box (/home/cvsroot)
> On my Windows system, I've installed:
> 
> Apache 2.2.13 (packaged with RedMine)
> Python 2.6.4
> Python for Windows extension
> CVSNT
> ViewVC 1.1.2
> 
> I've configured only 3 parameters in the viewvc.conf file (attached):
> 
> cvs_roots
> default_root
> cvsnt
> 
> I copied viewvc.cgi to my C:\Program Files\<apache install
> directory>\cgi-bin directory.
> 
> When I navigate to http://localhost/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi, I get the
> attached display (see ViewVC.JPG) but I can't see my repository.  Please
> let me know how this is misconfigured.
> 
> (On another note: If I use WinCVS to connect to the CVS server through
> SSH, I can connect successfully.)

Per the ViewVC INSTALL file:

   Note that to browse CVS repositories, the viewvc.cgi script needs to
   have READ-ONLY, physical access to the repository (or a copy of it).
   Therefore, rsh/ssh or pserver access to the repository will not work.
   And you need to have the RCS utilities installed, specifically "rlog",
   "rcsdiff", and "co".

You'll either need to host ViewVC on your CVS itself itself, or find a way
to expose your Linux server's disk as a remote share to your Windows box so
that the Windows box can behave as if the CVS repository was sitting on that
machine.

Huyen Huynh further wrote:
> BTW, is mod_python required?
>
> Thanks,
> Huyen

Nope.  You can run ViewVC as a CGI script if you don't want to use mod_python.

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