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Re: CVS, Connection refused

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From: Dean Thompson
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 03:52
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Hi!,

Lamar Thomas wrote:
> 
> William Daffer wrote:
> 
> > "Lamar Thomas" <lamart@home.com> writes:
> >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > I am running RH 7.1 and CVS 1.11-3 using the bash shell.  When I try and
> > > connect to cvs I get the following error:  "Connection refused".  Anyone
> > > have any ideas?  Thanks for any help.
> > >
> > > Lamar
> >
> >   I take it you're connecting to a remote server?
> >
> >   Are you using RSH as the transport? What is the value of CVS_RSH?
> >
> >   Assuming you are: is rshd installed? (or is it rexecd, it's been so
> >   long since I installed those Sun RPC facilities) <rpm -q rsh>
> >
> >   If installed, does the server have `rsh' chkconfig'd on? This is
> >   part of the xinetd configuration. <man chkconfig> <man xinetd>
> >
> >   If installed and chkconfig'd on, does the server's
> >   /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} allow such a connection? <man hosts_access>
> >
> >   You can use SSH by setting CVS_RSH to 'ssh'. That's a safer way to
> >   do it anyway.
> >
> > whd
> > --
> > ABILITY, n.  The natural equipment to accomplish some small part of
> > the meaner ambitions distinguishing able men from dead ones.  In the
> > last analysis ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high
> > degree of solemnity.  Perhaps, however, this impressive quality is
> > rightly appraised; it is no easy task to be solemn.
> >         -- Ambrose Bierce: _The Devil's Dictionary_
> 
> No, I am trying to connect from the server it self.

Have you checked that there are no firewalls blocking the connection and that
the server service has been started.  A look at the "netstat -anp" connections
will tell you whether or not it is listening for incoming connections.

See ya

Dean Thompson

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Subject: Re: CVS, Connection refused
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