Re: How to programmatically restrict a /bin/rm command in a repository?

[Larry Jones]

Christopher Rumpf writes:
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> I have some developers who simply refuse to use the 'cvs rm', 'cvs
> delete' and 'cvs remove' commands.  Instead they log into the CVS server
> (using SSH), cd into the repository and /bin/rm the ,v files which they
> are concerned about.  (yikes!)

You can configure sshd to only let them run cvs and not other commands
(including a generic login).  See the ssh documentation for details.

-Larry Jones

I like maxims that don't encourage behavior modification. -- Calvin