Re: problem "cvs import: used empty password; try "cvs login" with a real password"

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

deepakdarmi@gmail.com wrote, On 10/12/2007 12:14 AM:
> My cvs server is on linux.
>    the directory is /home/cvs
>   when i put this command "cvs -d:pserver:root@192.168.0.160:/home/cvs  import document "dee" 
> "deep" cvs login" from another linux machine
>       it is showing this
>   cvs import: authorization failed: server 192.168.0.160 rejected access to 
> /home/cvs for user root
>   cvs import: used empty password; try "cvs login" with a real password

BTW it sounds like your problem is a configuration problem, not a Bug in CVS, 
so if the following info does not solve your problem, please re-ask in the CVS 
users list[0], thanks.

currently (Fri Oct 12 12:34:22 UTC 2007) ximbiot[1] is not responding well, so 
I will be making references against a local copy of the manual from 
ftp.gnu.org[2], which was untared in /tmp/.

 From the list of error messages[3] there is something in the way pserver was 
configured which makes it not like they way you are connecting.
Assuming you setup the pserver server correctly according to the manual[4], 
the problem is in the way you are having the client make the connection.
Your client connection information above indicates that you may not have 
logged in and that the server is not a public-access repository, so according 
to the manual you will need to do a cvs pserver login[5].

Other possible sources for this error:
A) you have not configured [x]inetd for pserver[4].
B) you have not done a cvs init of the /home/cvs directory structure while 
logged in on 192.168.0.160.
C) you have made the mistake of trying to login through pserver as root, to 
allow this IIRC you have to recompile cvs with a special option to break 
security even further than pserver already does.  Common practice is to have 
the repository owned by some one other than root, and usually use real system 
user names and system groups to control access to the cvs directories.
D) you have not restarted [x]inetd after configuring for pserver.

You can debug these following the manual's connection troubleshooting guide[6].

Good luck.

[0] info-cvs@nongnu.org
[1] http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/
[2] 
http://ftp.gnu.org/non-gnu/cvs/source/stable/1.11.21/cederqvist-1.11.21.html.tar.bz2
[3] file:///tmp/cederqvist-1.11.21.html/cvs_21.html#SEC188
[4] file:///tmp/cederqvist-1.11.21.html/cvs_2.html#SEC30
[5] file:///tmp/cederqvist-1.11.21.html/cvs_2.html#SEC31
[6] file:///tmp/cederqvist-1.11.21.html/cvs_21.html#SEC189
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