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Re: CVS setup help


From: Larry Jones
Subject: Re: CVS setup help
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 12:42:28 -0500 (EST)

Rohit Peyyeti writes:
> 
> And I am not editing $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd
> file directly in the repository directory. I first checkout the
> file and then edit it before committing. 

That's almost certainly your problem -- unless you've added passwd to
the checkoutlist file, you don't actually have a $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd
file, you only have the corresponding RCS file
($CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd,v).  Like the manual says, the passwd file is
usually edited in place because there are serious security implications
if you put it in CVS.  Unless you understand what they are, I strongly
advise that you *not* use CVS to manage the passwd file.  Perhaps you
should re-read the relevant section of the manual:
<http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_2.html#SEC29>.

-Larry Jones

They can make me do it, but they can't make me do it with dignity. -- Calvin



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