On Wednesday 16 June 2004 04:56 pm, elemint@theriver.com wrote:
> When I try to log in this is what I get
>
> cvs login: requires a path spec
>
> cvs login:
> :pserver[;keyword=value...]:[username[:password]@]host[:port][:]/path
>
> cvs [login aborted]: Bad CVSROOT.
>
> ***** CVS exited normally with code 1 *****

OK.  That means WinCVS is not configured to talk to your CVS server.  You need 
to set your WinCVS preferences so that it knows how you authenticate to the 
server and connect.  Look here

http://www.wincvs.org/winhtml/wincvs11.htm#_Toc453646173

for some instructions on how to do this.  You need to know what authentication 
method your server is set to and what your userID and password are for the 
server.  Enter these (minus the password) in the dialog as shown on the page 
above.  "pserver" and "passwd" are the usual defaults.  Then try the login 
again.

Also, for future reference, the following link is a good reference for 
every-day usage of WinCVS, once you have the connection going.

http://www.thathost.com/wincvs-howto/

Don't be overwhelmed.  Once you have it working, it just works solid.

Alan
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