Re: Problem with remote login

[Frode Nilsen]

> Apologies if this is a repeat...I don't think my first post made it.
> ------------------
> I have CVS (1.10.8) on my linux box. Local CVS activity (add,
> commit, etc) work fine. I'm trying to set things up so a remote
> machine can connect to do an update and be brought into sync
> with the CVS server. I set up $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd with
> an entry from /etc/shadow. I believe I have my firewall and xinetd
> set up correctly.  the cvs passwd file looks like:
>
> username:paswordgibberish:realuser
>
> where the password is not that of any real user on the machine.
>
> The command I'm using on the remote machine to attempt to
> login is:
>
> cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden:/usr/local/cvsroot login
>
> ...which yields this error message:
>
> cvs [login aborted]: authorization failed: server servername
> rejected access

Check the settings in your inetd.conf file, what folder have you 
given in --allow-root ?
What are the access restrictions on this folder ?

Also check the trouble shooting appendix in the CVS manual.


> Any ideas? Things to try to debug? Thanks!
>
> -Pete
>
>
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