[cvsnt] Basic basic help needed

Ian Huynh ianh at hubspan.com
Tue Sep 16 23:58:13 BST 2003


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So if we need Terminal services PC, what are the options?

SSH
PServer
NTServer?



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bo Berglund [mailto:bo.berglund at telia.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 11:13 AM
> To: Ian Huynh
> Cc: 'CVS-NT List'
> Subject: RE: [cvsnt] Basic basic help needed
> 
> 
> If you log on to the Terminal Services PC, which is not the same as
> the CVSNT server, with a local login that has no network 
> access rights,
> then I'm afraid you cannot do much.
> In order to contact the CVSNT server and specify a domain user you
> must first be allowed to use the network (for the CVS connection) and
> since this is not allowed due to the policies you are locked in...
> 
> /Bo
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Huynh [mailto:ianh at hubspan.com]
> Sent: den 16 september 2003 18:03
> To: bo.berglund at telia.com
> Subject: RE: [cvsnt] Basic basic help needed
> 
> 
> > 
> > With Terminal Services you have another situation. In this case you
> > have entered the LAN using dialup and then connected to the inside
> > machine with TS. But in this case you are already logged in to the
> > domain and there is no need for a root as you have described.
> > It should be sufficient with:
> >   :sspi:reposerver:/MyRepository
> > And you don't cvs login at all - sspi uses your local login, in this
> > case you used "Administrator".
> 
>   Is there a way to impersonate?  
> 
> > Of course you have to look at the policies on the TS machine and
> > verify that a TS login actually has permissions to use the network
> > resources, this is not always the case.
> 
>   You are right . the local Administrator from TS typically has no
>   network access.  That's why I was wondering if I can log into TS as
>   Administrator, then impersonate as user FOO who 
>   - is part of the domain
>   - and has full network access
> 
> 
> > 
> > /Bo
> > 
> > On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 16:10:23 -0700, "Ian Huynh" <ianh at hubspan.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > >I can't get it to work either.
> > >
> > >
> > >I use terminal service from home to dial into machine A at a 
> > remote location, signed on to machine A as
> > >an Administrator.  I would like to access a CVS server (call 
> > this REPOSERVER in the same domain as machhine A using
> > >user ID FOO at corp01.com (corp01 is my win2k domain)
> > >
> > >I set CVSROOT=:sspi:FOO at REPOSERVER:/MyRepository
> > >
> > >when i type cvs login 
> > >it keeps telling me that it's trying to log in as 
> > >
> > >:sspi:administrator at REPOSERVER:2041:/MyRepository instead 
> of FOO.???
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Bo Berglund [mailto:bo.berglund at telia.com]
> > >Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 3:34 PM
> > >To: cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook
> > >Subject: Re: [cvsnt] Basic basic help needed
> > >
> > >
> > >On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 17:05:14 -0500, "Chris Stromberger"
> > ><cstrom16 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >>I cannot figure out how to set up remote access for cvsnt.  
> > I have it
> > >>installed on XP.  I can use it locally by setting
> > >>cvsroot=f:\cvs\repository\etc.  But when I try something like 
> > >>
> > >>set cvsroot=:pserver:cvs@<my ip>:\etc 
> > >>
> > >>I keep getting
> > >>
> > >>cvs [login aborted]: Error reading from server <my ip>: -1: 
> > No such file
> > >>or directory
> > >>
> > >>I am lost re how to get remote access working.  I don't 
> > understand all
> > >>the options (pserver, sspi, etc).  Can anyone explain in 
> very simple
> > >>terms how to set something basic up.  I just need this to 
> > work for one
> > >>remote user--me.  The documentation hasn't helped me yet.
> > >>
> > >>Thanks for any clues.
> > >>
> > >>-Chris
> > >>
> > >
> > >It all depends on what you mean by "remote"...
> > >How remote do you want it to be?
> > >If it is sufficient to reach the server from another Windows XP
> > >computer on your local network then you should use the 
> SSPI protocol.
> > >There is nothing else you need to do than this:
> > >
> > >(Example session from another XP machine on the same network:)
> > >set CVSROOT=:sspi:<yourservername or IP>:<repository>
> > >cvs ls
> > >
> > >This should list the existing repositories on the server.
> > >
> > >If you are not on a domain and you need a login to 
> authenticate then
> > >change to:
> > >set CVSROOT=:sspi:<a user>@<yourservername>:<repository>
> > >cvs login
> > ><give the password for user on the cvs server>
> > >cvs ls
> > >
> > >Note that the login is only required once per login user on 
> > a given PC
> > >for a given repository.
> > >
> > >Once you have established a connection you can start using CVS.
> > >Tip: If you have not yet done so then get WinCvs latest 
> > release (don't
> > >use 1.2 it is *really* old) and use that as a GUI to the cvs
> > >commandline.
> > >
> > >If you want to use repository specifiers like \etc then 
> you must set
> > >up a "repository prefix" in the CVSNT server Control Panel 
> to supply
> > >the remaining path to CVS. And you should not use backslashes when
> > >specifying the root, it should read /etc instead (if your prefix is
> > >set to f:\cvs\repository).
> > >
> > >By the way, it is not a good idea to use the name CVS as a 
> > folder name
> > >in the repository structure. CVS is sort of a "reserved" 
> word for CVS
> > >and is used automatically by CVS in keeping track of checked 
> > out data.
> > >Having such a folder name is asking for confusion. You 
> > should also not
> > >use a folder by the name CVSROOT, it is also a reserved 
> word for CVS.
> > >There is always a CVSROOT folder created when a repository is
> > >initialized to hold the administrative files. So you should not
> > >yourself create any such folder.
> > >
> > >
> > >/Bo
> > >(Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)
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> > 
> > 
> > /Bo
> > (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)
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