http://www.jguru.com/faq/view.jsp?EID=865508. The above link explains exactly the problem I am having. CVS task is not correctly picking up the password from the passfile. Could you update entry in Java Guru or on Apache. Thanks. Mura
I've modified the example from jguru to use command="co" instead of "update -dP" as I didn't have bsf checked out before that. It works for me. Maybe it is a case of cvspass not working on Windows? Which version of cvs are you using? Can you compare a cvspass file created by <cvspass> with one created if you manually cvs login?
The passfiles created are identical. cvs version: D:\Users\user1\java_home\projects\HEX\jaxb>cvs -version Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.11 (client) Copyright (c) 1989-2000 Brian Berliner, david d `zoo' zuhn, Jeff Polk, and other authors CVS may be copied only under the terms of the GNU General Public License, a copy of which can be found with the CVS distribution kit. Specify the --help option for further information about CVS D:\Users\user1\java_home\projects\HEX\jaxb> build.xml: <target name="checkoutCVS"> <cvspass cvsroot="${CVS_ROOT}" passfile="${CVS_PASS_FILE}" password="{CVS_PASSWORD}" /> <cvs command="checkout" cvsRoot="${CVS_ROOT}" dest="${CVS_DEST_DIR}" passfile="${CVS_PASS_FILE}" package="${CVS_MODULE}" failonerror="yes" /> </target> output: D:\Users\user1\java_home\projects\HEX\jaxb>ant -v checkoutCVS Apache Ant version 1.5.3 compiled on April 16 2003 Buildfile: build.xml Detected Java version: 1.4 in: D:\Apps\j2sdk1.4.0_01\jre Detected OS: Windows NT parsing buildfile build.xml with URI = file:D:/Users/user1/java_home/projects/HEX/jaxb/build. xml Project base dir set to: D:\Users\user1\java_home\projects\HEX\jaxb Build sequence for target `checkoutCVS' is [checkoutCVS] Complete build sequence is [checkoutCVS, copy, copyCVS, xmlgen, test, clean, dist, default, jaxbgen, build, init] checkoutCVS: [cvs] Using cvs passfile: D:\Users\user1 \java_home\projects\HEX\jaxb\.cvspass [cvs] Executing 'cvs' with arguments: [cvs] '-d:pserver:ab@199.175.175.225:/export/home/cvs' [cvs] 'checkout' [cvs] 'etp/HEX' [cvs] [cvs] The ' characters around the executable and arguments are [cvs] not part of the command. [cvs] [cvs] [cvs] environment: [cvs] [cvs] ANT_CMD_LINE_ARGS=-v checkoutCVS [cvs] ANT_HOME=D:\Apps\jwsdp-1.1\apache-ant-1.5.3-1\bin\.. [cvs] COMPUTERNAME=RYATES [cvs] ComSpec=C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe [cvs] HOMEDRIVE=W: [cvs] HOMEPATH=\user1 [cvs] HOMESHARE=\\spcwim1\users [cvs] JAVA_HOME=D:\Apps\j2sdk1.4.0_01 [cvs] LOCALCLASSPATH=D:\Apps\j2sdk1.4.0_01 \lib\tools.jar;D:\Apps\jwsdp-1.1\apache-ant-1.5. 3-1\bin\..\lib\xml-apis.jar;D:\Apps\jwsdp-1.1\apache-ant-1.5.3-1 \bin\..\lib\xercesImpl.jar;D:\Apps\j wsdp-1.1\apache-ant-1.5.3-1\bin\..\lib\optional.jar;D:\Apps\jwsdp-1.1\apache- ant-1.5.3-1\bin\..\lib\ ant.jar; [cvs] LOGONSERVER=\\SPCWIM2 [cvs] NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1 [cvs] OPENEJB_HOME=D:\Apps\openejb-0.9.0 [cvs] OS=Windows_NT [cvs] Os2LibPath=C:\WINNT\system32\os2\dll; [cvs] Path=c:\dmi\win32\bin;C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;D:\PROGRA~1 \Tcl\bin;D:\Apps\j2sdk1. 4.0_01\bin;D:\Apps\batch;D:\Apps\Tcl\bin;D:\Apps\jwsdp-1.1\apache-ant-1.5.3-1 \bin;"D:\Apps\GNU\WinCv s 1.2";D:\Apps\jwsdp-1.1\jwsdp-shared\bin [cvs] PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH [cvs] PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86 [cvs] PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 6, GenuineIntel [cvs] PROCESSOR_LEVEL=6 [cvs] PROCESSOR_REVISION=0806 [cvs] PROMPT=$P$G [cvs] SystemDrive=C: [cvs] SystemRoot=C:\WINNT [cvs] TALDIR=d:\apps\PLATTS\ [cvs] TEMP=C:\TEMP [cvs] TMP=C:\TEMP [cvs] USERDOMAIN=SPCHAR [cvs] USERNAME=user1 [cvs] USERPROFILE=C:\WINNT\Profiles\user1 [cvs] WIN32DMIPATH=c:\dmi\win32 [cvs] windir=C:\WINNT [cvs] _CLASSPATHCOMPONENT=D:\Apps\jwsdp-1.1\apache-ant-1.5.3-1 \bin\..\lib\xml-apis.jar [cvs] _JAVACMD=D:\Apps\j2sdk1.4.0_01\bin\java.exe [cvs] CVS_PASSFILE=D:\Users\user1\java_home\projects\HEX\jaxb\.cvspass BUILD FAILED file:D:/Users/user1/java_home/projects/HEX/jaxb/build.xml:207: java.io.IOException: CreatePro cess: cvs -d:pserver:ab@199.175.175.225:/export/home/cvs checkout etp/HEX error=2 at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.AbstractCvsTask.runCommand (AbstractCvsTask.java:351) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.AbstractCvsTask.execute (AbstractCvsTask.java:404) at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:341) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:309) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:336) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1339) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1255) at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:609) at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.start(Main.java:196) at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.main(Main.java:235) Caused by: java.io.IOException: CreateProcess: cvs - d:pserver:ab@199.175.175.225:/export/home/cvs checkout etp/HEX error=2 at java.lang.Win32Process.create(Native Method) at java.lang.Win32Process.<init>(Win32Process.java:63) at java.lang.Runtime.execInternal(Native Method) at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:550) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute$Java13CommandLauncher.exec (Execute.java:646) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute.launch(Execute.java:416) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute.execute(Execute.java:427) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.AbstractCvsTask.runCommand (AbstractCvsTask.java:339) ... 9 more --- Nested Exception --- java.io.IOException: CreateProcess: cvs - d:pserver:ab@199.175.175.225:/export/home/cvs checkout et p/HEX error=2 at java.lang.Win32Process.create(Native Method) at java.lang.Win32Process.<init>(Win32Process.java:63) at java.lang.Runtime.execInternal(Native Method) at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:550) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute$Java13CommandLauncher.exec (Execute.java:646) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute.launch(Execute.java:416) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute.execute(Execute.java:427) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.AbstractCvsTask.runCommand (AbstractCvsTask.java:339) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.AbstractCvsTask.execute (AbstractCvsTask.java:404) at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:341) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:309) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:336) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1339) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1255) at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:609) at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.start(Main.java:196) at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.main(Main.java:235) Total time: 2 seconds D:\Users\user1\java_home\projects\HEX\jaxb>
Your build failure says that cvs cannot be executed (cvs.exe is not on your PATH, I guess). This failure is not related to cvspass at all AFAICS.
In fact, this bug is verified with CVSNT 2.0.58b, the <cvspass> command work fine with cvs from www.cvshome.org
It's not a CVSNT bug but rather an intentional omission as they seem to prefer storing passwords in the windows registry. For those like me who spent way too much time trying to figure out a "supported" CVSNT workaround for this: Instead of using the cvspass task and passfile attributes on your cvs task just add the password to your repository path like so: :pserver:USER:PASSWORD@server:/path/to/cvsroot or I suppose you could put the passfile contents in the registry directly if you needed to do it that way (for instance, if you only had access to a passfile and not the password itself): HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\cvsnt\cvspass A note in the ant documentation for the cvs passfile attribute might be appropriate.
Added CVSNT Notes to the manual.
What's the option for a linux guy working on a ext server. ext doesn't allow to store password like the pserver (In reply to comment #5) > It's not a CVSNT bug but rather an intentional omission as they seem to > prefer > storing passwords in the windows registry. For those like me who spent way > too > much time trying to figure out a "supported" CVSNT workaround for this: > > Instead of using the cvspass task and passfile attributes on your cvs task > just > add the password to your repository path like so: > > :pserver:USER:PASSWORD@server:/path/to/cvsroot > > or I suppose you could put the passfile contents in the registry directly if > you > needed to do it that way (for instance, if you only had access to a passfile > and > not the password itself): > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\cvsnt\cvspass > > A note in the ant documentation for the cvs passfile attribute might be > appropriate.