Re: cvs problems

[Larry Jones]

Andrew D Dixon writes:
> 
>     address@hidden:~$ cvs checkout hello
>     cvs server: cannot open /root/.cvsignore: Permission denied
>     cvs [server aborted]: can't chdir(/root): Permission denied
> 
> I'm stumped as to what's going on here.  I can't even figure out why its
> looking in /root.
> 
> Any suggestions?

http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_21.html#SEC182

The penultimate paragraph addresses this very frequently asked question.
If you need more help, see the archives of this list -- it's been
discussed to death. 

-Larry Jones

I think my cerebellum just fused. -- Calvin