On Saturday 04 December 2004 09:58, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > i just upgraded an FC1 server to FC3, and (AFAICT) left alone > the /home filesystem that contained the network-accessible CVS > repo. (it wasn't technically an "upgrade" -- i actually did an > install over top of the system-related filesystems, while > preserving the others, like /home. i've done that for a number > of releases, with no real problems.) > > after booting under FC3, and restoring > /etc/xinetd.d/cvspserver, and restarting xinetd (all the regular > stuff) to get the CVS server back online, every time i try to > connect across the network to the server, i get: > > $ cvs login > Logging in to :pserver:rob@<hostname>:2401/home/repository > CVS password: > cvs [login aborted]: connect to <hostname>(<IP address>):2401 > failed: No route to host > > i've verified that the network is up, that i can ssh into the > server, that xinetd is running, that cvspserver is on, that the > CVS repo is unchanged from what it was before the re-install, > etc. i'm not sure what else i might be checking. You should be able to telnet into your server from a remote system on port 2401 to your pserver box. If not, perhaps you haven't opened up your iptables firewall for access to this port? > > also, as a last resort, i logged directly into the server, and > just tried to do a login and checkout locally: > > $ export CVSROOT=:pserver:rob@localhost:/home/repository > (legal?) :local: rather than :pserver: is an option here (or nothing since it defaults to :local:) > $ cvs login > Logging in to :pserver:rob@localhost:2401/home/repository > CVS password: > $ cvs co <project> > cvs checkout: Updating <project> > cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot stat /var/lock/cvs: No such file > or directory > cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot stat /var/lock/cvs: No such file > or directory > $ > > huh? this is a new one on me. if i (as root) just create that > directory with "mkdir", i get: > > $ cvs co <project> > cvs checkout: Updating <project> > cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot make directory \ > /var/lock/cvs/<project>: Permission denied > (previous line repeated) > > so if i change /var/lock/cvs to have mode 777 (yuck), then ... > success, i can check out the project locally. i'm pretty sure > this isn't the officially-sanctioned technique, and it's starting > to make me a little queasy. > Do you have a "LockDir" specified in your CVSROOT/config file? Don't forget that everyone must have write permission to your LockDir in order to check out files from the repository. Regards, Mike Klinke
