Hello,

I'm unable to connect to the CVS using my nitrc login/password.
I've tried with eclipse as in the User Guide, but i keep getting the error:
"Error validating location: could not connect to :extshh:ellak99@www.nirtc.org:/cvsroot/jist
CVS communication error".
I tried also with wincvs but no results.

I really appreciate any ideas.
Thanks

Please try the instructions for both anonymous and login access:

Anonymous CVS Access

This tool/resource group's CVS repository can be checked out through anonymous (pserver) access with the following instruction set. The module you wish to check out must be specified as the modulename. When prompted for a password for anonymous, simply press the Enter key.

cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@www.nitrc.org:/cvsroot/jist login
cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@www.nitrc.org:/cvsroot/jist checkout modulename

Developer CVS Access via SSH

Only tool/resource developers can access the CVS tree via this method. SSH must be installed on your client machine. Substitute modulename and developername with the proper values. Enter your site password when prompted.

export CVS_RSH=ssh
cvs -d :ext:developername@www.nitrc.org:/cvsroot/jist checkout modulename

If these aren't working, please contact NITRC support. I just checked my access and all is well.

The module name is JIST.

Thank you.
I tried both commands in cygwin and i got the same error unable to connect, so i wrote to the NITRC Technical Support.
Is there another solutions using eclipse?
Thank you again.

Everyone should have anonymous access. If this isn't working, then there is a technical problem with your setup. I'm not an IT expert and hope that the NITRC folks know more about their systems than I do.