Re: [boost] anonymous access to boost-consulting

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-03 07:53:01

"Gennadiy Rozental" <gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden]> writes:

>> You can browse boost at http://www.boost-consulting.com/boost, but we
>> don't provide public CVS service.
>
> The problem is that "official" cvs access doesn't seems to work either:
>
> C:\temp\ww>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous_at_[hidden]:/cvsroot/boost 
> checkout boost
> cvs checkout: Empty password used - try 'cvs login' with a real password
>
> cvs [checkout aborted]: authorization failed: server cvs.sourceforge.net 
> rejected access to /cvsroot/boost for user anonymous

So you should report that problem to SourceForge.

But why are you using pserver access anyway?  As a Boost developer,
you should be using ssh access.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com