From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 29 22:14:42 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5140E16A4CE for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2004 22:14:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from rutger.owt.com (rutger.owt.com [204.118.6.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06EA343D46 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2004 22:14:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kstewart@owt.com) Received: from topaz-out (owt-207-41-94-233.owt.com [207.41.94.233]) by rutger.owt.com (8.11.6p2/8.9.3) with ESMTP id i0U6Eb228823; Thu, 29 Jan 2004 22:14:37 -0800 From: Kent Stewart To: stan , Free BSD Questions list Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 22:14:36 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <20040129193814.GA8087@teddy.fas.com> In-Reply-To: <20040129193814.GA8087@teddy.fas.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200401292214.36901.kstewart@owt.com> Subject: Re: Trying to set up cvsup mirror X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 06:14:42 -0000 On Thursday 29 January 2004 11:38 am, stan wrote: > I'm trying to set up a cvsup mirror to use for updating about 50 > machines that are internal to our corporate network. Since I have > better control over the firewall et all from my home network, I'm > building the machine there. > > I've got it built, and used the cvsup-mirror port to assist me in > setting things up. But it's not working. Here is the error message I > am getting: > > Cvsup update begins at 2004-01-29 14:30:00 > Updating from cvsup13.freebsd.org > Cannot connect to cvsup13.freebsd.org: Connection refused > CVSup update ends at 2004-01-29 14:30:01 > > I've read > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/hubs/mirror-where >.html and I have chosen what I think to be a good site for me from the > referenced mirror list. > > Have I chosen badly? Can anyone suggest a better site to mirror from? > We are located in the southeastern US. Install fastest_cvsup and choose one that has a low latency. It may not provide the shortest cvsup times but you can find a site that works. Cvsup13 doesn't respond and that may be a clue to not use it :). Kent > > Do I need to get some sort of authorization token from the admins at > that site? I've been cvsuping lot's of machines for years, but this > is the first time I've tried to actually set up a repository. > > Any help would be appreciated. -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html