Re: Anonymous CVS access

[Dave Malcolm <david davemalcolm demon co uk>]

On Fri, 2003-04-25 at 17:57, Sander Vesik wrote:
> 
>  --- Dave Malcolm <david davemalcolm demon co uk> wrote: > 
> > I hope this is the correct list...
> > 
> > I'm attempting to anonymously checkout a module from GNOME CVS.
> > 
> > When I type:
> > cvs -d:pserver:anonymous anoncvs gnome org:/cvs/gnome login
> > 
> > I get this response:
> > Logging in to :pserver:anonymous anoncvs gnome org:2401/cvs/gnome
> > CVS password:
> > Fatal error, aborting.
> > anonymous: no such user
> > 
> > Is there a problem with anonymous CVS, or have I mistyped something?
> > Thanks in advance
> > 
> 
> anoncvs is probably still a dns roundrobin and probably includes non longer anoncvs
> serving machines. The best way is to pickone of the numbered anoncvs servers
> (anoncvs1,etc)

Aha! - I tried a few of these and eventually anoncvs3 worked for me.

Many thanks.