CVS server configuration

Question

I have a CVS repository on Freebsd and a ssh access. When I use putty client connection is ok.

CVSROOT=:/labs/cvs CVS_RSH=ssh

But when I try to do checkout with TortoiseCVS

CVSROOT :ext:root@server:/labs/cvs

error occurs:

cvs commit: warning: unrecognized response Access denied' from cvs server cvs commit: warning: unrecognized responseNo supported authentication methods left to try!' from cvs server cvs [commit aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any)

Error, CVS operation failed

What's wrong? What must I do for successful checkout?

Answer 1

Try using :ssh: instead of :ext: as Tortoise uses CVSNT internally which supports SSH natively. It should be possible to get it to work with :ext: too but usually it's not worth the hassle. BTW: CVSNT's SSH support is also built upon PuTTY/Plink.