Re: [cvs pserver] unrecognized auth response

[Hon Seng Phuah]

"Mark D. Baushke" <address@hidden> wrote in message news:<address@hidden>...
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> Hon Seng Phuah <address@hidden> writes:
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> > My system administor just set up a cvs pserver on a linux machine. The
> > configuration for x.inetd.d is:
> > 
> > service cvspserver
> > {
> > #       disable = no
> >    port = 2401
> >    socket type = stream
> >    protocol = tcp
> >    wait = no
> >    user = root
> >    passenv = PATH
> >    server = /usr/bin/cvs
> >    server args = -f --allow-root=/pgfs3/asic3/users/cvs pserver 
> > }
> > 
> > cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden:2401/pgfs3/asic3/users/cvs login
> > 
> > cvs [login aborted]: unrecognized auth response from pglc8004: cvs
> > pserver: cannot open /pgfs3/asic3/users/cvs/CVSROOT/config: Permission
> > denied
> > 
> > I have the /pgfs3/asic3/users/cvs/CVSROOT/config and the
> > subdirectories in /pgfs3/asic3/users/cvs set to 777 and had created
> > passwd and save in the /pgfs3/asic3/users/cvs/CVSROOT/passwd.
> > 
> > May anyone tell me what I have done wrong here and how to solve my
> > login problem? Thanks in advance.
> 
> As user root, outside of cvs, are you able to read the file
> /pgfs3/asic3/users/cvs/CVSROOT/config while you are logged into host
> pglc8004 ?

I cannot login as root as I do not have root password. When I login to
the pglc8004 as my own user name, I can view the file,
/pgfs3/asic3/users/cvs/CVSROOT/config.

> 
> If the directory is NFS mounted, it is possible that root does not have
> permissions to one or more of the intermediate directories leading to
> the config file.

I will have to check with my system administrator. If the root has the
file permission, what can the possible causes?

> 
>       -- Mark
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Thanks.
-HS Phuah