Hi Waldemar, > The CVS server wants you to enter a password. The operation times out > because you do not enter anything. ;) > Try pressing enter (empty string) when it asks to login. I have been doing this procedure for more than a year, I think, and it always worked. I always press enter. > Actually, it would be much better if you logged in once (manually on the > terminal): > > export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/cvsroot/open-beos > cvs login > [on prompt press enter] I get the same error message: cvs [login aborted]: connect to cvs.open-beos.sf.net:2401 failed: Operation timed out > Then remove the login and logout lines from your script: > > #!/bin/sh > export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/cvsroot/open-beos > cd ~/obos_repos > cvs co . cvs [checkout aborted]: connect to cvs.open-beos.sf.net:2401 failed: Operation timed out > Now it should work without having to login. It doesn't :-( The strange thing is that I did not change the script and it has been working that way for several months or so, and suddenly it did not work anymore. Then it worked again one time (about three weeks ago), but since then it does not work anymore. Bye, Finn