Have you tried updating to a newer version of the CVS plugin? It's got
built in support for CVS :ext: connections with key files without having to
define environment variables to the host operating system.
Thanks,
Michael
On Saturday, January 12, 2013 1:05:42 AM UTC, Cynsa Bonorris wrote:
>
> I'm trying to switch from :pserver: to :ext: and use ssh for secure
> checkouts. I've set up my keys and am connecting just fine with no password
> to the cvs server as my Jenkins/cvs user (builder).
>
> However, Jenkins is giving me the following error on checkout, though when
> I paste the cvs command into a terminal as builder, the checkout completes
> just fine.
>
> Started by an SCM change
> Building on master in workspace /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/foo-co-test
> [foo-co-test] $ cvs -Q -z3 -d :ext:builderXXXXXXXXXXXX:/cvsrepo/bmi co -P -r
> foo-branch -f configuration
> XXXXXXXXXX: Connection refused
> cvs [checkout aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if
> any)
> FATAL: CVS failed. exit code=1
>
>
> (I've obscured our cvs server info in the above.)
>
>
> in my Jenkins master Global Properties I have the envar CVS_RSH with the
> value /usr/bin/ssh
>
> but when I use groovyscript to display the envars, I don't see CVS_RSH
> populated:
>
>
> TERM=xterm-256color
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SHLVL=3
> XFILESEARCHPATH=/usr/dt/app-defaults/%L/Dt
> PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
> USER=builder
> PWD=/
> HOME=/build/buildsystem
> LOGNAME=builder
> _=/usr/bin/java
> NLSPATH=/usr/dt/lib/nls/msg/%L/%N.cat
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_27/jre/lib/i386/server:/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_27/jre/lib/i386:/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_27/jre/../lib/i386
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> Result: {TERM=xterm-256color, SHELL=/bin/bash, SHLVL=3,
> XFILESEARCHPATH=/usr/dt/app-defaults/%L/Dt,
> PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin, USER=builder, PWD=/,
> HOME=/build/buildsystem, LOGNAME=builder, _=/usr/bin/java,
> NLSPATH=/usr/dt/lib/nls/msg/%L/%N.cat,
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_27/jre/lib/i386/server:/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_27/jre/lib/i386:/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_27/jre/../lib/i386,
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8}
>
>
> any assistance would be appreciated. how do I force Jenkins to export the
> CVS_RSH envar? I think that might be the problem, if groovyscript output is
> to be believed.
>
>
> -cynsa
>
>
