Re: [h-e-w] CVS Newbie help

[Jason Rumney]

Chris McMahan <address@hidden> writes:

> I'm using the command:
> 
>   cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden:/cvsroot/emacs login
> 
> then pressing the enter key for a password.
> 
> I then get my standard shell prompt back, (is this the correct
> behavior?)

Yes, this is correct.

> 
> at this point I type:
> 
>   cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden:/cvsroot/emacs co emacs
> 
> and I get the error message:
> 
>   cvs [checkout aborted]: could not chdir to emacs: Permission denied

Perhaps you don't have permission to create subdirectories in the
directory you are running that command from?

OTOH I have had problems connecting to the GNU CVS server twice in the
last few days. If you try again later, maybe it will work.