Re: New cvs setup?

[prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc)]

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
> "Matt Armstrong" <matt+dated+1007070401.afc757@lickey.com> writes:
>> "ALL: PARANOID" requires that the IP address have a PTR record to a
>> hostname that resolves to the same IP address.
>
> What does that mean in plain english?  What is PTR

PTR (pointer) records are used to map addresses back to hostnames.  If
you want to know the hostname for the address 1.2.3.4, you look up the
PTR record for the name 4.3.2.1.in-addr.arpa.  Then for the resulting
name, you can look up the A (address) record(s) to check that it
matches the original address.  This check is useful if your server
puts extra trust in certain clients' hostnames.

There's no reason for CVS to be interested in your hostname at all.
But it might be (badly) configured to check anyway, and since the name
in your address's PTR record has no A record, that might be your
trouble.

> How can Robert or I tell what the problem is.

Hopefully the CVS server is logging the reason for dropping the
connection.  So somebody just needs to look at the logs and tell us
what they say.


paul