Re: Patch: Add support for CVS_USER environment variable

[Larry Jones]

M.E.O'Neill writes:
> 
> In some situations, cvs is run as a user different from the username 
> that should be used for checkins.   The enclosed patch adds support for 
> setting the username used for checkins using an environment variable, 
> CVS_USER (much rcs used to pay attention to LOGNAME).

That is a horrible idea -- it lets anyone pretend to be anyone else
with no authentication whatsoever.  It completely defeats any hope of
accountability.

-Larry Jones

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