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On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 02:16:46 +0200, "Jens Meyer" <coderacc at yahoo.de> wrote: >Hello, > >Thx for your answer. > >Bo Berglund wrote: >> 1. The CVSNT server machine should run XP-Pro. Does it? XP Home is no >> good... > >I'vs only the home version. Nevertheless possible ? The XP-Home networking model is limited such that all connections run as Guest, which causes problems. But this is by reading the posts on this list, I don't have access to an XP-Home system myself to test on... > >> 2. Configure your Internet firewall to map the port 2401 to the CVSNT >> server IP on your local network. > >The server runs on a pc, which is direkt connected to internet. >So i use its ip ? Yes, but if I was you I'd invest in a hardware firewall/router that supports DHCP on the internal LAN. Seems very dangerous to put ones PC directly on to the Internet, you are inviting hackers to use it... >> 3. On the CVSNT server add an account for your friend. > >I am not sure how to do. Like this: >"cvs passwd -a myriend" ? No, I was referring to the accounts on the PC itself. Handled in Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management/Local Users and Groups. But again, I don't know what is possible using the XP-Home edition. The idea of adding this user is to enable using SSPI as the protocol. >> 4. On the friend's PC you do the following: >> 5. Open the Windows\system32\drivers\etc\HOSTS file in an editor >> 6. Enter one line with the following data: >> <Internet ip of CVS server firewall> MyCvsServer >> Note that the IP you have to enter is the address the CVS server >> *firewall* uses to access the Internet, not the IP of the server >> itself. Example: >> 62.73.84.95 MyCvsServer >> (of course you can use another name than MyCvsServer if you like) >> 7. Save the HOSTS file > >in place of MyCvsServer it should be my computer name ? Yes, I guess so. You enter a name that can be used at the other end to ping your Internet connection and get a reply. I assumed you were going through a firewall so you had to use port forwarding from that and also use the firewall IP. But if you have your PC direct connected to the Internet then of course that is the IP you'll use. Dangerous stuff though, I would never do that because I care about my PC and its contents... > > >> Note that the trick using the HOSTS file is done to make it possible >> to later change the IP address of the server if his ISP changes it. >> This happens when DSL users have DHCP to give them the IP. > >I use dyndns.org to get a pseudo static ip. As I said, a DNS name that will get resolved to your PC:s address from the other end will work. /Bo (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)