coolpacific
asked on
Tortoise CVS checkout error
Hi,
I have just installed Tortoise CVS on my windows 2000 machine and I am trying to checkout a repository from the remote CVS server. The protocol being used is Secure Shell (:ext:). Now when i try to check out a module, it does not go past the first step and I get an error "bad command or file name" from cvs server. Now my colleagues have the exact same settings as mine and they are able to checkout the repository successfully. When i try doing the same on a separate machine (Windows XP), i am able to checkout successfully. This means that this is a machine specific and not an account specific problem. The only difference that I can see is that I have a Windows 2000 machine, while everyone else has XP in them. The tortoise version is 1.8.25.
Any help would be highly appreciated.
I have just installed Tortoise CVS on my windows 2000 machine and I am trying to checkout a repository from the remote CVS server. The protocol being used is Secure Shell (:ext:). Now when i try to check out a module, it does not go past the first step and I get an error "bad command or file name" from cvs server. Now my colleagues have the exact same settings as mine and they are able to checkout the repository successfully. When i try doing the same on a separate machine (Windows XP), i am able to checkout successfully. This means that this is a machine specific and not an account specific problem. The only difference that I can see is that I have a Windows 2000 machine, while everyone else has XP in them. The tortoise version is 1.8.25.
Any help would be highly appreciated.
Do you have an ssh client installed on the windows 2000 box?
ASKER
I havent installed anything apart from the standard tortoise CVS installation. By SSH client do you mean Putty. Once we download it , what are the configurations that we must use. I am a newbie and not really clear about how tortoise CVS has to be synced up with putty.
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
ASKER
Hi,
I am trying to configure putty and connect to the repository server. So while entering the host name, do we enter the only the url (abc.xyz.com) or enter the complete path of the module (abc.xyz.com:/cvsroot/<mod
When i try to connect, it gives an error message "This is a restricted shell account. You cannot execute anything here"
I am trying to configure putty and connect to the repository server. So while entering the host name, do we enter the only the url (abc.xyz.com) or enter the complete path of the module (abc.xyz.com:/cvsroot/<mod
When i try to connect, it gives an error message "This is a restricted shell account. You cannot execute anything here"
Actually thats good, it means that you connected successfully but the server administrator won't
actually let you log in and do anything.
Thats ok, we don't WANT to do anything, we just need the connection.
Putty requires only the server name, as it has nothing to do with CVS. If everything is going this well, you should be able
to fire up TortoiseCVS again.
Cheers,
-Bill
actually let you log in and do anything.
Thats ok, we don't WANT to do anything, we just need the connection.
Putty requires only the server name, as it has nothing to do with CVS. If everything is going this well, you should be able
to fire up TortoiseCVS again.
Cheers,
-Bill