Re: remote cvs access - recommendations

[Eric Siegerman]

On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 10:59:37AM -0700, address@hidden wrote:
> but in general, someone who accesses cvs [via SSH] has system access.
> not only can my co-developer do things like "cvs checkout" and "cvs
> commit", but he can also ssh into the machine and work at a remote
> shell.
> 
> is there a way to give co-developers access to cvs WITHOUT giving them
> system level access?

You can configure sshd to only allow one command, "cvs".  I'm not
sure how to do that, but it's been discussed here in the last few
days, so check the list archives.

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