Re: identifying user at commit time

[Denniston, Todd A CIV NAVSURFWARCENDIV Crane, Code 6067]

Giacomo Ciani wrote, On 09/27/2007 04:28 AM:
> > -----Messaggio originale-----
> > Da: Todd Denniston [mailto:address@hidden
> > Inviato: mercoledì 26 settembre 2007 16.34
> > A: address@hidden
> > Cc: address@hidden
> > Oggetto: Re: identifying user at commit time
<SNIP>
> > with PSERVER, IIRC, your username gets embedded in each sandbox
> > directory's
> > CVS/Root file on checkout and thus is more difficult to change the
> > username,
> > i.e., each CVS/Root file would have to be modified each time a
> > different user
> > wanted to do a CVS command.
> > If the users don't have to share the same _physical_ sandbox, which in
> > most
> > cases they don't,
>
> But in this case they are doing exactly this! :-(
<SNIP user trust explanation>
> > > - I should be able to do that by command line simply specifyng the
> > > username at commit time. Implementation details depend on connection
> > > method
> > Unfortunately not on the command line, but "Implementation details [do]
> > depend
> > on connection method".
>
> I tried this from commandline:
>
> User1 modifies file pippo.txt and types:
>
> Cvs -d :pserver:user1:address@hidden/repository commit pippo.txt
>
> Then User2 modifies pippo.txt on the same machine, same sandbox, and types
>
> Cvs -d :pserver:user2:address@hidden/repository commit pippo.txt
>
> The file history reports two modifications, one by user1 and the other one
> by user2, even if the operation had been performed on the same machine, same
> account and same sandbox. And it seems to work regardless of who checked out
> the sandbox (that, I imagine, is the username specified in the cvs/root
> file).

This is good to hear, because I thought that -d on the command line was ALWAYS 
overridden by the CVS/Root file.

> Now I only need a way to do that with a client, or at least with a sort of
> script, so that users have not to learn cvs usage from command line...

Time to find the news group||mailing list for your GUI of choice and ask there 
how to force the gui to ALWAYS pass
-d :pserver:username:address@hidden/repository
to cvs instead of defaulting to what is in CVS/Root file.

Good luck.
--
Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter