Re: cvs checkout: authorization failed

[Donald Sharp]

What's the permissions on /usr/local and /usr/local/cvsroot?

donald
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 02:32:41PM +0000, Lu Fang wrote:
> Hi, all
> I set up the cvs with cygwin under windows2K OS. I want to try a pserver 
> connection protocol for my cvs repo. And I have followed some steps as 
> shown below:
> 
> 1. install and setup inetd, i have configured it properly and it works.
> 2. I also got telnet working successfully.
> 3. I created file /CVSROOT/passwd, it contains:
> lufang:gaM3ke/hHgqkQ:lufang
> joy:SGVStNTq2nwxg:lufang
> 4. I added "passwd" into the end of the file CVSROOT/checkoutlist
> And It seems that I can login with either lufang or joy successfully, but, 
> when I try any cvs command after I just login , it said that the 
> authorization failed.
> 
> You can see this clearly here:
> 
> $ /usr/sbin/inetd start
> 
> address@hidden ~
> $ telnet kaguya
> Trying 172.20.54.111...
> Connected to kaguya.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 
> CYGWIN_NT-5.0 1.3.19(0.71/3/2) (kaguya) (tty0)
> 
> login: lufang
> Password:
> Last login: Mon Feb 24 21:35:12 from kaguya
> Fanfare!!!
> You are successfully logged in to this server!!!
> -bash: kpsexpand: command not found
> 
> address@hidden ~
> $ export CVSROOT=:pserver:address@hidden:/usr/local/cvsroot
> 
> address@hidden ~
> $ cvs login
> (Logging in to address@hidden)
> CVS password:
> 
> address@hidden ~
> $ cvs co CVSROOT
> Fatal error, aborting.
> : no such user
> cvs checkout: authorization failed: server kaguya rejected access to 
> /usr/local/
> cvsroot for user lufang
> 
> Can anyone help? thanks alot!
> 
> lu fang
> 
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