Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 01:33:03 -0700 From: Allen Campbell <allenc@verinet.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@cygnus.rush.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Privileged port problems Message-ID: <36D267BF.117A6839@verinet.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990222190159.28314F-100000@cygnus.rush.net>
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Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Allen Campbell wrote: > > > My ISP appears to be filtering outgoing packets for > > privileged source port numbers. This is preventing > > me from accessing anoncvs.freebsd.org; the CVS client > > attempts to authenticate to anoncvs.freebsd.org using > > a privileged source port (via rsh) and the operation > > times out. I also observe that rpcinfo as a > > non-privileged user works correctly, but fails as > > root because it then attempts to use a privileged > > source port. > > > > Have you tried telling cvs to use ssh? > > export CVS_RSH=ssh > > this resolved my issues, i'm too lazy to look if ssh requires the same > ports. This did the trick. I configured ssh to not use privileged ports with UsePrivilegedPort = no anoncvs.freebsd.org is happy with this. Thank you. > > I'm fairly certain I will have no luck convincing my > > ISP to allow these connections. No doubt they will claim > > it prevents their customers from using their system to > > attack other hosts. > > you really should complain to the ISP, this is beyond lame. Some random Joe user griping about some weird CVS thing. Believe me, if anti-social wasn't my middle name I might have already found the motivation to take on the absolute cluelessness I will confront. However, for the sake of random Joe users everywhere I'll take a stab at it (figuratively, at first. :) > alternativly you can use cvsup to grab the entire CVS repo, or just > the distros you want, keeping a local copy is much easier on yourself. I haven't been tracking stable or current; usually I just want to patch some man page for spelling or missing options and submit a PR. Sometimes I need to butcher a program (hexdump being the most recent example) for special behavior. Anonymous CVS is perfect here. > -Alfred -- Allen Campbell | Lurking at the bottom of the allenc@verinet.com | gravity well, getting old. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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