Re: --allow-root and init via SSH

[Stephan Feder]

Hi Larry,

would it be a pain to just add it? The patch is already there and if the
default behaviour (i.e. in the case when no --allow-root is set) were to
allow access to any repository it would be backward compatible, so no
problem there.

Regards,
        Stephan
--
Larry Jones wrote:
> 
> Gerhard Sittig writes:
> >
> > So, *is* the --allow-root option evaluated for the "cvs server"
> > case?
> 
> No, it is only used for :pserver:.  Historically, the user was in
> complete control of the server command line, so it didn't make any sense
> to try to use its contents to control what the user was allowed to do.
> Even with SSH, it has to be set up very carefully or it's totally
> ineffective.  I haven't yet heard an overwhelming demand to change it.
> 
> -Larry Jones
> 
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