Hi there. Before I file a formal bug report I want to see if anyone else is experiencing my problem. I'm trying to connect to a cvs server here in the office using ssh. However, it seems that cvs isn't willing to launch ssh even tough it's installed and correctly configured to work. Here's a sample of what happens:
$ set | grep CVS CVS_RSH=ssh $ cvs -t -d :ext:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot co project cvs checkout: notice: main loop with CVSROOT=:ext:ritalin:/cvsroot -> Starting server: rsh ritalin cvs server permission denied cvs [checkout aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any) So this is obviously not working as it really should be. To even go to more extremes I tried to set the environment variable for cvs as follows: $ cvs -t -s CVS_RSH=ssh -d :ext:ritalin:/cvsroot co project cvs checkout: notice: main loop with CVSROOT=:ext:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot -> Starting server: rsh ritalin -l aaron cvs server permission denied cvs [checkout aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any) However, ssh works fine on it's own, and if I scp the files over to ritalin, do the synch on the server still using ssh with the :ext:, and scp them back it works ok. Any help appreciated. For everyone's amusement, here's the full strace output of what's going on: $ strace cvs -d :ext:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot co project execve("/usr/bin/cvs", ["cvs", "-d", ":ext:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot", "co", "project"], [/* 37 vars */]) = 0 brk(0) = 0x80c1a04 open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=10700, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 10700, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40014000 close(3) = 0 open("/usr/lib/libz.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=54556, ...}) = 0 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0000\31\0"..., 4096) = 4096 old_mmap(NULL, 57564, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40017000 mprotect(0x40023000, 8412, PROT_NONE) = 0 old_mmap(0x40023000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0xb000) = 0x40023000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libcrypt.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=20112, ...}) = 0 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\360\r\0"..., 4096) = 4096 old_mmap(NULL, 183004, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40026000 mprotect(0x4002b000, 162524, PROT_NONE) = 0 old_mmap(0x4002b000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x4000) = 0x4002b000 old_mmap(0x4002c000, 158428, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4002c000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=888596, ...}) = 0 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\244\213"..., 4096) = 4096 old_mmap(NULL, 902972, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40053000 mprotect(0x40128000, 30524, PROT_NONE) = 0 old_mmap(0x40128000, 16384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0xd4000) = 0x40128000 old_mmap(0x4012c000, 14140, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4012c000 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x40014000, 10700) = 0 personality(PER_LINUX) = 0 getpid() = 1963 brk(0) = 0x80c1a04 brk(0x80c1a2c) = 0x80c1a2c brk(0x80c2000) = 0x80c2000 open("/etc/localtime", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "TZif\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\0\0\3\0"..., 44) = 44 read(3, "\236\246H\240\237\273\25\220\240\206*\240\241\232\367\220"..., 920) = 920 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1000, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40014000 read(3, "\377\377\235\220\1\0\377\377\217\200\0\4\377\377\235\220"..., 4096) = 36 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x40014000, 4096) = 0 getuid() = 1000 access("/home/aaron/.cvsrc", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) brk(0x80c4000) = 0x80c4000 getcwd("/home/aaron", 4097) = 12 brk(0x80c7000) = 0x80c7000 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [HUP], [], 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGHUP, {0x809651c, [], 0x4000000}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [HUP], [], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [INT], [], 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x809651c, [], 0x4000000}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [INT], [], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [QUIT], [], 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {0x809651c, [], 0x4000000}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [QUIT], [], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [PIPE], [], 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x809651c, [], 0x4000000}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [PIPE], [], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [TERM], [], 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, {0x809651c, [], 0x4000000}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [TERM], [], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 uname({sys="Linux", node="aaron-tp20", ...}) = 0 getuid() = 1000 socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0) = 3 connect(3, {sin_family=AF_UNIX, path=" /var/run/.nscd_socket"}, 110) = -1 ECONNREFUSED (Connection refused) close(3) = 0 open("/etc/nsswitch.conf", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=465, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40014000 read(3, "# /etc/nsswitch.conf\n#\n# Example"..., 4096) = 465 read(3, "", 4096) = 0 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x40014000, 4096) = 0 open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=10700, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 10700, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40014000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libnss_compat.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=41340, ...}) = 0 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0000\31\0"..., 4096) = 4096 old_mmap(NULL, 44364, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40130000 mprotect(0x4013a000, 3404, PROT_NONE) = 0 old_mmap(0x4013a000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x9000) = 0x4013a000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libnsl.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=76080, ...}) = 0 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\360?\0"..., 4096) = 4096 old_mmap(NULL, 88296, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4013b000 mprotect(0x4014d000, 14568, PROT_NONE) = 0 old_mmap(0x4014d000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x11000) = 0x4014d000 old_mmap(0x4014f000, 6376, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4014f000 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x40014000, 10700) = 0 uname({sys="Linux", node="aaron-tp20", ...}) = 0 open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY) = 3 fcntl(3, F_GETFD) = 0 fcntl(3, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1554, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40014000 _llseek(3, 0, [0], SEEK_CUR) = 0 read(3, "root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash\n"..., 4096) = 1554 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x40014000, 4096) = 0 access("/home/aaron/.cvsrc", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) getuid() = 1000 open("/home/aaron/.cvsignore", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) getuid() = 1000 access("/home/aaron/.cvswrappers", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) readlink("/cvsroot", 0xbfffe9f8, 4099) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) brk(0x80c9000) = 0x80c9000 getcwd("/home/aaron", 4097) = 12 pipe([3, 4]) = 0 pipe([5, 6]) = 0 fork() = 1964 close(3) = 0 close(6) = 0 fcntl(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 fcntl(5, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 fcntl(4, F_GETFL) = 0x1 (flags O_WRONLY) fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40014000 _llseek(4, 0, 0xbffff844, SEEK_CUR) = -1 ESPIPE (Illegal seek) fcntl(5, F_GETFL) = 0 (flags O_RDONLY) fstat(5, {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40015000 _llseek(5, 0, 0xbffff834, SEEK_CUR) = -1 ESPIPE (Illegal seek) brk(0x80db000) = 0x80db000 write(4, "Root /cvsroot\nValid-responses ok"..., 371) = 371 read(5, permission denied "", 4096) = 0 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) --- write(2, "cvs", 3cvs) = 3 write(2, " ", 1 ) = 1 write(2, "[", 1[) = 1 write(2, "checkout", 8checkout) = 8 write(2, " aborted]", 9 aborted]) = 9 write(2, ": ", 2: ) = 2 write(2, "end of file from server (consult"..., 55end of file from server (consult above messages if any)) = 55 write(2, "\n", 1 ) = 1 munmap(0x40014000, 4096) = 0 _exit(1) = ?