[cvsnt] Re: couldn't connect to server

Bernhard Mayer mayerbernd at gmx.net
Tue Jun 15 07:51:36 BST 2004


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after tried to list it got this error
cvs [ls aborted]: Can't authenticate - server and client cannot agree on an authentication scheme (got '')

do i have to set something in cvs to work with sspi?


"Bo Berglund" <bo.berglund at telia.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:toqrc0tkrd5pdih4d1n9gf557poc4b1n31 at 4ax.com...
> On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 11:23:41 +0200, "Bernhard Mayer"
> <mayerbernd at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> >ok, tried with sspi but than i get this error:
> >cvs [login aborted]: Can't authenticate - server and client cannot agree on
> >an authentication scheme (got '')
> >
> >now i have set the repository settings as follow:
> >prefix: d:/cvs
> >repository: /repository
> >
> >tried to connect with this:
> >cvs -d :pserver:user at localhost:/repository login
> >or
> >cvs -d :sspi:mckenna at localhost:/repository login
> 
> Wrong, should be:
> cvs -d :sspi:localhost:/repository ls -l
> 
> or some other cvs command. Do not enter login.
> 
> Please note that the login is *only* used with :pserver: (always) and
> :sspi: if you specify a user. Without a specified user :sspi: uses the
> Windows login you have already done when you started the workstation.
> This is what simplifies matters. So please test without the user and
> without login.
> 
> 
> 
> /Bo
> (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)




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