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"failed to open .cvspass for reading" error
Authored by: NateMac on Jul 10, '03 11:36:30AM

If you are able to connect to the CVS pserver but unable to log in, there could be a bug in CVS.

This is the error I was getting:
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[Zen-Master:~] ngb% cvs -d :pserver:ngb@localhost:/cvs
login

Logging in to :pserver:ngb@localhost:2401/cvs

CVS password:

cvs login: warning: failed to open /Users/ngb/.cvspass for reading: No such file or directory
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This would happen no matter if I tried logging in via MacCVS client or the command line.

I found the answer here:
http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/info-cvs/2003-03/msg00313.html
The key is to remove the space between "-d :pserver:...". For me,
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[Zen-Master:~] ngb% cvs -d:pserver:ngb@localhost:/cvs login

Logging in to :pserver:ngb@localhost:2401/cvs

CVS password:

[Zen-Master:~] ngb%
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works just fine!

After I log in, the .cvspass file is created in my home directory, and I can use the GUI client or the command line without a problem.

Hope this helps people!

By the way, in case anyone is interested, I'm running CVS version 1.11.6 (downloaded and installed from http://www.cvshome.org ) on OS X v10.2.6.

-NateMac



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