CVSNT and cvs

[René Berber]

Marko Bozikovic wrote:

> I have a problem with logging in to remote CVSNT server using cygwin cvs.
> 
> I'm using CVSNT 2.5.03.2260 on Windows and Cygwin cvs 1.11.17. CVS repository
> is in C:\cvsrepo, with name /cvsrepo.
> 
> I'm trying to connect with:
> 
> cvs -d:pserver:bozho@cvs:/cvsrepo login
> 
> When I enter a valid password, I get follwing errors:
> cvs login: CVSROOT requires a path spec:
> cvs login: :(gserver|kserver|pserver):[[user][:password]@]host[:[port]]/path
[snip]

Perhaps your shell is mangling the command, try:

cvs -d":pserver:bozho@cvs:/cvsrepo" login

or just `echo cvs -d:pserver:bozho@cvs:/cvsrepo login` to see what comes out.
-- 
René Berber


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