Re: Fw: password mismatch

[Jim Hyslop]

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address@hidden wrote:
> Sorry perhaps I didn't make it very clear but the user I logged in as was
> cvsbuild when I ran the telnet session and worked with the repository.  So
> the user does in fact exist and CVS itself runs as this user.  Our admin
> tells me the password is in the password file - but perhaps he is mistaken?
> Is this a manual step?

Which password file are you referring to - /etc/passwd or
$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd?

Pardon me if these are obvious questions, but have you read up on how
pserver works (1), and have you read through the troubleshooting
sections of the manual (2)?

(1) http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.11.21/cvs_2.html#SEC26
(2) http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.11.21/cvs_21.html#SEC189

It's not explicitly stated in the manual, but the cvs server runs as
root until the system ID (as specified in CVSROOT/passwd) has been
determined and authenticated, at which point CVS switches to the system
ID to perform the actual work.

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Jim Hyslop
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