Re: problem with password authentication

[Larry Jones]

Ronald Landheer writes:
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> -- BEGIN /etc/xinetd.d/cvspserver --
> service cvspserver
> {
>         socket_type             = stream
>         wait                    = no
>         user                    = root
>         server                  = /usr/bin/cvs
>         server_args
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> = -f --allow-root=/home/cvs-repository/cvs-admin --allow-root=/home/cvs-repo
> sitory/cvs-bo --allow-root=/home/cvs-repository/cvs-opentv pserver
> }

Do you really have all those newlines in there?

> CVS server version is 1.10.8-8 (not the newest, I know, but it comes
> with RedHat - I'll upgrate later, if it's useful)

I'd strongly suggest it.

> cvs login: authorization failed: server cvs.minisat.net rejected access to
> /home
> /cvs-repository/cvs-otv for user cvs-test

I trust that newline isn't really there (if it is, it's a problem).

If you look carefully, you'll see that the repository you're trying to
use doesn't match any of the --allow-root options in the pserver
command.

-Larry Jones

Everything's gotta have rules, rules, rules! -- Calvin