[drupal-devel] CVS problem

[Gabor Hojtsy]

Hi Marton,

> I am a Google Summer of Code participant. I requested a CVS account, and
> I received a mail about it has been approved.
> 
> But I can't log in with my user name and password.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> In C:\[...]: "f:\[...]\TortoiseCVS\cvs.exe" "-q" "checkout" "-P"
> "contributions"
> CVSROOT=:pserver:ee at cvs.drupal.org:/cvs/drupal
> 
> cvs.exe checkout: Empty password used - try 'cvs login' with a real
> password
> 
> cvs.exe [checkout aborted]: no such user ee in CVSROOT/passwd
> 
> Error, CVS operation failed
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Perhaps i made a mistake, i don't know. I read README.txt and FAQ.txt as
> the initial mail suggest, but didn't find any solution.
> 
> I wrote two mail to dries_at_buytraert and drupal_at_buytaert
> (08.07,15.07) but i
> haven't received any answer yet.
> 
> Please help me. I would commit my initial code before I go to a holiday.

Use the UI interface to do the checkout, so that you will be asked for a
password, or do a cvs login before the checkout.

Goba