Re: CVS with SMB/Winbind Authentication

[Steve McIntyre]

On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 10:38:55AM -0500, Scott Moynes wrote:
>Dave Morrow wrote:
>>>Hi, I am not sure if this is the appropriate forum to post this message,
>>>and, if it is not, hopefully someone can point me in the right direction,
>>>I have been trying to find the generic "users" mailing list for CVS
>>>
>>>Anyhow, to my question.  I am attempting to use CVS with system
>>>authentication being handled by Winbind/Samba.  I know that Winbind and
>>>Samba are functioning correctly since I use this service for other things.
>>>Is there something special that must be done with CVS to make this
>>>function?
>
>There is a pam_winbind module from samba, but I think CVS will only use 
>pam for authentication if run through ssh or rsh tunnels.

No, not at all. PAM support has been added to CVS in the 1.12
series. Check the docs for how to use it.

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                address@hidden
  Getting a SCSI chain working is perfectly simple if you remember that there
  must be exactly three terminations: one on one end of the cable, one on the
  far end, and the goat, terminated over the SCSI chain with a silver-handled
  knife whilst burning *black* candles. --- Anthony DeBoer

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