Re: just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water

[Larry Jones]

address@hidden writes:
> 
> <box>:/homedir/maciejet/CVS> cvs co <projectname>
> Fatal error, aborting.
> Tom Maciejewski: no such user
> cvs checkout: authorization failed: server <box> rejected access to
> /files/fxfo/CVS for user maciejet

That means that your CVSROOT/passwd file is defective.  You have an
entry in it something like:

        maciejet:xxxxxx:Tom Maciejewski

The third field is supposed to be the system userid that CVS should run
as (you can omit it if it's the same as the CVS userid), not the user's
full name.

-Larry Jones

Start tying the sheets together.  We'll go out the window. -- Calvin