RE: CVS Commit Error - Help!

[Jason Frisvold]

And it's such an easy fix...  *sigh*  First impressions of a new user, eh?

Thanks..  I've got it working now..

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Jason H. Frisvold
Senior ATM Engineer
Engineering Dept.
Penteledata
CCNA Certified - CSCO10151622
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"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not
sure about the former." -- Albert Einstein [1879-1955]


-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Riechers [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 9:22 AM
To: Jason Frisvold
Cc: 'address@hidden'
Subject: Re: CVS Commit Error - Help!

> Jason Frisvold wrote:
> 
> I'm getting the following error when trying to commit to a remote CVS
> repository.  The remote is using standard password authentication
> (passwd file)...
> 
> address@hidden cvs commit -m "Test"
> 
> cvs commit: Examining .
> 
> cvs [server aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root'
> 
> Anyone know how I can fix this?  I can check out files with no
> problem...  It just seems that commit won't work...

Don't use cvs with root.

-Matt