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On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:54:00 -0700, Allen <info at glacialcomponents.com> wrote: >I just setup a new cvsnt server and am trying to access it >using the latest tortoisecvs. I'm trying to use sserver. I created a >repository with name /tconf and it's in the directory d:/tconf. It >has a cvs folder inside it and looks to be properly initialized. A *repository* usually *does not* have a CVS directory inside! After initialization there should only be a CVSROOT dir which contains the administrative control files. Are you sure you are not mistaking the repository for the sandbox? > > >On the client, if I right click an empty directory and go to checkout. >I setup the server, username, module name, etc. But it tells me that >the > >------------------------------------------------- > >In F:\test2: "C:\Program Files\TortoiseCVS\cvs.exe" "-q" "checkout" >"-P" "/tconf" >CVSROOT=:sserver:alex at myserver:8400:D:/tconf THe repository specification is off! THere are no drive letters in a repository name, please check your entries. You should probably use :sserver:alex at myserver:8400:/tconf instead > >Empty password used - try 'cvs login' with a real password >cvs.exe [checkout aborted]: D:/tconf: no such repository Rightly so! There is an error in CVSROOT! > >However, if I set this stuff up in DOS based on this website > >http://web.telia.com/~u86216177/InstallCVSNT25.html > >(see the 'test your new server from dos') then I can list the contents >of the folder just fine. One thing I did notice is that when I set it >up in DOS, the command stirng ends up something like >CVSROOT=:sserver:alex at myserver:8400:/tconf Not what I have written, it does not mention any port number change... > as opposed to the tortoise This is the CVSNT list/forum and if you have problems with Tortoise you should contact their list instead... >gui which looks like CVSROOT=:sserver:alex at myserver:8400:D:/tconf. > > >anyone have any idea why this is failing? Because of the Drive letter and maybe because of the extra port number (8400) you have added. /Bo (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)