[evs] Eclipse and sspi

[pdfeeny at aep.com]

Has anyone got this to work with Linux?  If so, how?


Thanks,


Paul Feeny


evs-bounces at cvsnt.org wrote on 01/11/2009 06:00:43 PM:

> Mark Johnson posted back in Mon Apr 10 19:15:54 BST 2006 which I 
> found helpful.
> 
> I thought I would post my notes in the hopes it helps someone else in
> the future:
> 
> CVS with SSPI
> 
> You need a version of CVSNT installed. If you have installed
> TortoiseCVS then you have a copy already.
> 
> Edit "extnt.ini" in "C:\Program Files\CVSNT" and add the following 
section:
> 
> [my-cvs]
> protocol=sspi
> hostname=my-cvs.example.com
> directory=/cvs/repository
> 
> where
>     * [my-cvs] = any identifier you want. Here the simple hostname of
> the CVS repository is used.
>     * hostname = the same host as your CVS connection string
>     * directory = the same as the CVS Repository location in your CVS
> connection string.
> 
> Add an environment variable CVS_RSH=C:\Program Files\CVSNT\extnt.exe
> 
> From a command line try (don't try using extnt.exe directly):
> 
> cvs -d :ext:. at my-cvs:/cvs/repository  version
> 
> Note: the user doesn't need to be specified as by default it will use
> the currently logged in user.
> 
> You will see output like:
> 
> C:\Program Files\CVSNT>cvs -d :ext:. at my-cvs:/cvs/repository  version
> Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.5.03 (Scorpio) Build 2382
> (client/server)
> Server: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.5.03 (Scorpio) Build 2260
> (client/server)
> 
> In eclipse Windows > Preference browse to Team > CVS > Ext Connection
> 
>     * CVS_RSH=C:\Program Files\CVSNT\extnt.exe
>     * Parameters={host}
>     * CVS_Server=cvsnt
> 
> Now open the CVS Repository Exploring perspective and create a new
> Repository Location. Paste :ext:. at my-cvs:/cvs/repository into the host
> field (Eclipse will automatically parse this and populate the correct
> fields) Click Finish and you should have working CVS access.
> 
> p.s. I recommend not using extnt.exe directly as I spent a few hours
> guessing the format (I probably should have looked up CVS_RSH
> definitions) and failed to get anyway. But as soon as I used cvs
> (which invokes extnt.exe for me) I had no problems connecting.
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