[Research] CVS Access During Machine Room Shutdown

[Michael J. Baysek]

Hi Everyone,

If you use an SSH tunnel to a LOP, your CVS may not work correctly until 
you verify that your CVSROOT is set properly.

PROBLEM:

The reason for this is that we have [quick] control over .autonlab.org 
DNS servers, but the .cs.cmu.edu DNS changes must go through SCS Help, 
which takes longer than is useful.  Since the IP addresses have changed 
temporarily, DNS resolution to the moved .auton.cs.cmu.edu machines will 
not work.

TO FIX:

If you use a ".auton.cs.cmu.edu" suffix on your CVSROOT, you will need 
to change it to ".autonlab.org".

Follow the instructions at

http://www.autonlab.org/auton_intranet/15869.html

To change your CVSROOT.

Once you do this, you will be setup in a way that is not as sensitive to 
server moves in the future, so it is good to do, even if you are not 
planning on using CVS this weekend.

-- 

Michael J. Baysek
Systems Analyst
Carnegie Mellon University, Auton Lab
http://www.autonlab.org
mjbaysek at cs.cmu.edu