how to use cvs export remotely

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Hello

I am trying to use cvs to export files from one of my servers (server A) to another (server B)
I am now in server B
for the sake of the example, assume that the IP address of server A is: 1.2.3.4

I tried the following:
cvs -d 1.2.3.4:/cvsroot export -DNOW folderName

I get the following error:

cvs [export aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any)
1.2.3.4: Connection refused

what could be causing this?

regards

2

Does "checkout" instead of "export" work? And what about other commands, such as "rlog"? You are sure the connection is okay, not blocked by firewall or the like?

3

And what is your remote access method? You need to configure your CVS server to use one of remote access methods, e.g. ssh or pserver, before you can checkout/export/update/whatever remotely.