Re: Problems Logging into CVS - How Do I set the CVS password?

[Larry Jones]

schoeto writes:
> 
> Running SuSE 7.3, I tried copying the passwd file from /etc to my
> cvsroot which is defined as /usr/local/cvsroot.

That won't work -- the format of the CVS passwd file is similar to that
of the system passwd file, but they're not identical.  And the CVS
passwd file needs to go in /usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT.

> linux:/usr/local/cvsroot # cvs -d
> :pserver:address@hidden:/usr/local/cvsroot
>  login
> (Logging in to address@hidden)
> CVS password:
> cvs login: authorization failed: server 192.168.1.101 rejected access
> to /usr/local/cvsroot for user cvs

If cvs is a valid system user, that should have worked anyway unless you
have set SystemAuth=no in your CVSROOT/config file.  Check your [x]inetd
config to make sure you have --allow-root=/usr/local/cvsroot (it must
*exactly* match what you specify in your -d option).

-Larry Jones

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