git-cvsservr questions

git-cvsservr questions

[Jon Loeliger]

Mart{i,y}n et al,

I'm having a bit of a problem setting up my git-cvsserver.
I think I have followed the man page, but this is the
only real response I get:

    $ setenv CVSROOT :pserver:anonymous@jdl.com:/pub/..../foo.git
    $ cvs co master cvs [checkout aborted]: unrecognized auth response
      from jdl.com: Unknown command BEGIN AUTH REQUEST at
      /usr/bin/git-cvsserver line 132, <STDIN> line 1.

I've installed DBD:SQLite, but I don't know if it is working
or not.  Not sure what file it would create in my repo if it
was working properly.  I've made the bare repo directory be
mode 777 just to be sure it is writable by "nobody."

My client is 1.12.9.

I have enabled it the config file, and set a log file, but
I get no output.  Do I need to enable the output somehow?
Other debug enabling bits to turn on for more help here?

Have I missed some obvious step?  You know, intuit my problem
from my sparse description! :-)  Well, or tell me what else
you need to know...

Thanks,
jdl

Re: git-cvsservr questions

[Martin Langhoff]

On 6/8/06, Jon Loeliger <jdl@jdl.com> wrote:
> Mart{i,y}n et al,
>
> I'm having a bit of a problem setting up my git-cvsserver.
> I think I have followed the man page, but this is the
> only real response I get:
>
>     $ setenv CVSROOT :pserver:anonymous@jdl.com:/pub/..../foo.git
>     $ cvs co master cvs [checkout aborted]: unrecognized auth response
>       from jdl.com: Unknown command BEGIN AUTH REQUEST at
>       /usr/bin/git-cvsserver line 132, <STDIN> line 1.
...

> I have enabled it the config file, and set a log file

Very strange. The calling line to git-cvsserver should have the
'pserver' option. Perhaps the inetd configuration is missing the
doubled-up pserver?

cheers,



martin

Re: git-cvsservr questions

[Jon Loeliger]

> Very strange. The calling line to git-cvsserver should have the
> 'pserver' option. Perhaps the inetd configuration is missing the
> doubled-up pserver?

Oh wow.

I thought I had tried that step already.  So I went back and looked.
I _had_ tried that step -- but it was when I didn't have a full path
to the git-cvsserver executable on my inetd.conf line...

In summary, I had to:

    use a full path to the excutable,
    double the pserver command line arg,
    fix the owner of my logfile to be "nobody".

Worked like a charm!

Thanks!
jdl