Subject: Re: Can't CVS for the recent security announcements
To: Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: tech-security
Date: 10/08/2002 23:29:52
On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 12:03:55PM -0600, Paul Hoffman wrote:
> At 7:02 PM +0200 10/8/02, Jaromir Dolecek wrote:
> >Use anoncvs.netbsd.org - cvs.netbsd.org is not public CVS server.
> 
> OK, now I have done:
> 
> # export CVSROOT=":pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.netbsd.org/cvsroot"
> # export CVS_RSH=/usr/bin/ssh
> 
> I'm getting closer, but it wants a password. It doesn't like 
> "anoncvs" as a password.  What am I supposed to enter for:
> 
> anoncvs@cvs.netbsd.org's password:

There's no anoncvs access to cvs.netbsd.org, you need to use anoncvs.netbsd.org.
Try:
export CVSROOT="anoncvs@anoncvs.netbsd.org/cvsroot"
export CVS_RSH=/usr/bin/ssh
cvs -d $CVSROOT up ...
(don't forget the '-d $CVSROOT')

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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