cvs server: cannot open /root/.cvsignore: Permission denied

[Develop01]

although i initially created a cvs repository on a linux server as root,
when i try to access the repository from my windows machine as a normal cvs
user and do an import of a new project, the below error occurs:

cvs server: cannot open /root/.cvsignore: Permission denied

foolishing thinking that the .cvsignore file wasn't that important, as all
the files seemed to be deposited in the respository ok, i tried to then
check out the files of my project, i got the following:

cvs server: cannot open /root/.cvsignore: Permission denied
cvs [server aborted]: can't chdir(/root): Permission denied

anyone know how i can solve this problem?


many thanks...