Re: pserver

[Larry Jones]

Arnaud De Timmerman writes:
> 
> If I execute "telnet myhost 2401" then type BEGIN AUTH REQUEST then Return, 
> the
> server says :
> <snip>
> cvs [pserver aborted]: bad auth protocol start: BEGIN AUTH REQUEST"
> </snip>
> 
> Where am I wrong ?

The server wants to see "BEGIN AUTH REQUEST\n", but the telnet protocol
mandates that each line end with <CR><LF>, so it's really seeing "BEGIN
AUTH REQUEST\r\n" -- it's the extra <CR> that it objects to.

-Larry Jones

Oh, now don't YOU start on me. -- Calvin