Re: CVS Access Method

On 1/28/07, Gregory Beaver <gregchiaraquartet.net>
wrote:
>
> Martin Jansen wrote:
> > On Fri Jan 26, 2007 at 03:4833PM -0600, Chuck
Burgess wrote:
> >> I believe my ability to access CVS via pserver
is going away due to
> firewall
> >> work in progress.  Are there any plans to set
up SSH access?
> >
> > No, the only way to access the server is via
pserver authentication, and
> > there are no plans to change this.
>
> Hi,
>
> I seem to remember Dan Convissor describing a way to
tunnel through ssh
> to the CVS server a few years back, I would email him
to ask for details
> to see if it might solve your issue.
>
> Greg
>


Thanks, Greg... your suggestion led me to this info
http://ximbiot.
com/cvs/wiki/index.php?title=CVS_FAQ#How_do_I_access_a_CVS_r
epository_using_SSH.3F

which worked for me.  I edited that info a little based on
what I had to do
to get it working, but I'm good now.

As info for anyone searching the archives for this kind of
info, you have to
use a middleman box outside your firewall to tunnel through
your firewall
to, and then the pserver traffic goes from the middleman to
the pear box.
I'm taking a performance hit compared to a direct me-to-pear
path, but it
beats having no path at all.
Chuck