Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:49:02 -0500 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: "Kenneth A. Bond" <fhb_1969@yahoo.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVS CO Error Message-ID: <414615CE.9060903@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <20040913210226.54466.qmail@web53401.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040913210226.54466.qmail@web53401.mail.yahoo.com>
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Kenneth A. Bond wrote: >Hello, >I am trying to update my source using CVS, as CVSup is not an option in >my current environment. I am running FreeBSD 4.10. >Below are the commands that I am entering in order to perform the update, >but for some reason, I am getting the following error when attempting to update my source: > >lx1005# pwd >/usr/src >lx1005# setenv CVSROOT anoncvs@anoncvs.FreeBSD.org:/home/ncvs >lx1005# cvs co -rRELENG_4_10 src >cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot write /home/ncvs/CVSROOT/val-tags: Permission denied >lx1005# whoami >root > >These commands show that I am in the /usr/src directory (which is where I >should be), and that I am the root user. >I was informed by another user that this was a server error, but I can't >seem to get around it no matter which anoncvs server I use. > >Please advise. >Thanks > > I'm thinking it must be something in your configuration, as I can't replicate the problem here. Do you have "CVS_RSH=ssh" in your environment? >Computers are like Air Conditioners: They stop working properly if you open Windows. > > Heh...if only people would build houses without them. But they like the look of Windows, methinks... Kevin Kinsey
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