Re: How to fix "no such user" problem

[H Brydon]

The config file is lengthy and mostly default.  The non-blank non-commented 
lines of interest that seem to be non-default are:

[...]
# Set `UseNewInfoFmtStrings' to `no' if you must support a legacy system by
# enabling the deprecated old style info file command line format strings.
# Be warned that these strings could be disabled in any new version of CVS.
UseNewInfoFmtStrings=yes
[...]

and the cvspserver file is less wordy:
address@hidden:/etc/xinetd.d$ cat cvspserver
service cvspserver
{
       port        = 2401
       socket_type = stream
       protocol    = tcp
       wait        = no
       user        = root
       passenv     = PATH
       server      = /usr/bin/cvs
       server_args = -f --allow-root=/cvs  pserver
#       xxx_server_args = -f --allow-root=/media/ddrive/cvs  pserver
}

My repository is on a separately mounted drive at /cvs, which was moved from 
/media/ddrive/cvs during a disk upgrade.  FWIW the problem behavior happened 
with the old repo location as well.  The /cvs directory is on an NTFS 
partition.  I don't think I have any controversial software running on it. 
The main products I have are cvs, samba, svn client, Anjuta, Oracle java 7 
(6 was hopefully removed), Eclipse and probably 4 or 5 others that I've 
forgotten about.

After sending the message below, I did several more reboots, and was able to 
get it to respond... but I want to fix the problem properly if anybody has 
ideas.


"Arthur Barrett" <address@hidden> wrote in message 
news:address@hidden
Harvey,

By default PServer authentication is a 'simple' text lookup with a
passwd file in CVSROOT.

However you can also set up 'SystemAuth' in which case a system call is
used, or you could be using something more complex still.

Please send the CVSROOT/config file and the /etc/xinetd.d/cvspserver

Regards,


Arthur Barrett


> -----Original Message-----
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> org] On Behalf Of H Brydon
> Sent: 16 August 2013 03:23
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: How to fix "no such user" problem
>
>
> Howdy - I have used cvs for several years, and have it set up
> on an Ubuntu
> linux box (ie. the linux box is the cvs server with the
> repository, via
> pserver) that has mostly worked fine for the interval.  I use
> cvs (ie.
> client) mostly from my Windows machine, but also from the
> server and several
> other linux machines (Mint, Raspberry Pi/Debian wheezy).  I
> periodically
> have had problems with the cvs server where connections to it will
> sporadically give "no such user" errors.  I have found that a
> reboot fixed
> the problem, and when this happens, it happens 'forever'
> until I reboot the
> machine.  I am now in a situation where I am getting the "no
> such user"
> problem permanently, and reboots are not fixing it.  I
> believe I have the
> config details correct since it has worked 'mostly' properly
> for several
> years.  Any ideas?
>
> I have rebooted several times today, without the reboot
> resurrecting cvs.  I
> also tried "sudo /etc/init.d/xinetd restart" but it has never
> worked (even
> when the reboot did).
>
> Details:
> [logged into the Ubuntu machine (the cvs server) as user 'harvey']
>
> address@hidden:~$ sudo netstat -tap | grep cvs
> [sudo] password for harvey:
> tcp        0      0 *:cvspserver            *:*
>       LISTEN
> 1073/cvsd
>
> address@hidden:~$ printenv
> ...
> CVSROOT=:pserver:address@hidden:/cvs
>
> address@hidden:~$ cvs version
> Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.12.13-MirDebian-8
> (client/server)
> Fatal error, aborting.
> harvey: no such user
> Server:
>
> address@hidden:~$ cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden:/cvs version
> Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.12.13-MirDebian-8
> (client/server)
> Fatal error, aborting.
> harvey: no such user
> Server:
>
> address@hidden:~$ cvs -d :local:/cvs version
> Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.12.13-MirDebian-8 (client/server)
>
>
> --
> Harvey