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Hello Bo, I have found out what the problem is. My account in Windows XP did not have "administrator" access . It is not a problem with the AV or firewall I guess. Thank you, Murali "Bo Berglund" <bo.berglund at telia.com> wrote in message news:olnf50di6uktg7va9g7dm0k2aoqomjrf66 at 4ax.com... > AntiVirus breakage! > Please uninstall any AntiVirus program you have on this PC and test > again. If it starts working properly now, then fix the AV (change to > another brand, since there are many that *do* work with CVSNT). > > If the Socket Failed message comes up CVSNT cannot work. > > /Bo > > On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 17:36:33 -0500, "Murali Gunasekaran" > <mgunase at gce2000.com> wrote: > > >Hello Group, > >I recently came across the CVSNT project and I think it's a terrific > >contribution to the programming community! > >I am trying to set it up on my box for personal use and currently, I am > >facing some of the same problems mentioned earlier (below) by another cvsnt > >user. > > > >The error I am getting is: > >cvs [version aborted]: Can't authenticate - server and client cannot agree > >on an authentication scheme (got ''), > > > >when I try the command: > >cvs -d :sspi:anorith:/CGOF version > > > >(where anorith is my computer name and CGOF is a repository set up using the > >cvsnt gui. I am running Windows XP Pro. ). > > > >I have switched off Norton AV (though I think there might a corporate > >hardware firewall running - beyond my control :( ). > >When I try cvsservice -test, this is what I get: > > > >CVS 2.0.34 (Mar 3 2004) starting in test mode. > >TEMP/TMP currently set to D:\Program Files\cvsnt\Temp > >Initialising socket...ok > >Impersonation is enabled > >Starting auth server on port 2401/tcp... > >Socket Failed (Handle=ffffffff Family=23,Socktype=1,Protocol=6): An address > >incompatible with the requested protocol was used. (not fatal) > >Socket Failed (Handle=00000768 Family=2,Socktype=1,Protocol=6): Only one > >usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally > >permitted. (not fatal) > >Error: All socket binds failed. > > > > > >If I run the same command after stopping the service from the cvsnt gui, one > >of the services starts up correctly as follows: > >CVS 2.0.34 (Mar 3 2004) starting in test mode. > >TEMP/TMP currently set to D:\Program Files\cvsnt\Temp > >Initialising socket...ok > >Impersonation is enabled > >Starting auth server on port 2401/tcp... > >Socket Failed (Handle=ffffffff Family=23,Socktype=1,Protocol=6): An address > >incompatible with the requested protocol was used. (not fatal) > >Registering service SPN... failed (Error 8344) > >CVS initialised successfully > > > >I am very sure no other app is using the ports 2401 and 2402 . I did a > >"netstat -a" to check this. (when I shutdown the cvsnt gui and do netstat, > >the port doesn't get listed.. so it has be to be only cvsnt using those > >ports). > > > >any ideas why I am getting this error. I think, because of this error, I am > >not able to set up the user accounts correctly and consequently use it from > >other cvs gui clients like SmartCVS. :( > > > > > >Your help is really appreciated. > > > >Thank you, > >Regards, > >Murali > > > >--------------------------------------------------- > >Markus Kuehni wrote: > > > >> I'm using a personal firewall (Tiny PF v5.5). But even when I uninstalled > >> it, cvsnt wouldn't connect. Other tcpip services run just fine. > > > >What about AV? > > > >> E:\workspace>cvs -d :sspi:localhost:/v2_prj version > >> cvs [version aborted]: Can't authenticate - server and client cannot agree > >> on an authentication scheme (got '') > >> > >> E:\workspace>cvs -d :pserver:localhost:/v2_prj login > >> Logging in to :pserver:Markus at localhost:2401:/v2_prj > >> CVS password: ****** > >> cvs [login aborted]: Error reading from server localhost: -1: Unknown > >error > > > >Something was listening on port 2401, but it immediately dropped the > >connection. This > >is usually the result of interference by firewalls/AV but it's possible also > >that there's > >another app that's grabbed the port and doesn't like the traffic. > > > >Stopping the service and running cvsservice -test can tell you whether the > >server is starting > >and getting connections. > > > >> E:\workspace>cvs -d :ssh:localhost:/v2_prj login > >> Logging in to :ssh:Markus at localhost:22:/v2_prj > >> CVS password: ****** > >> FATAL ERROR: Network error: Connection refused > >> cvs login: Couldn't connect to remote server - plink error > >> cvs [login aborted]: Connection to server failed > > > >This can't be expected to work unless you're also running an SSH server. > > > >Tony > > > > > /Bo > (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)