[cvsnt] Re: problem with cvsnt 2.0.42 - rh linux 9 - login:

[ornelyz]

I got it, thanks

it's good to know about the admin file.

but what i have to do in order to make pserver validates users throught 
linux password?
is not enought SystemAuth=yes in CVSROOT/config?


On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:16:07 +0200, Bo Berglund <bo.berglund at telia.com> 
wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 13:20:12 -0600, ornelyz <rnlyz at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> cvs [passwd aborted]: Only administrators can add or change another's
>> password
>
> is your user mentioned in the CVSROOT/admin file?
>
>> all file from CVSROOT is changed through and checkout and commit
>>
> It is generally a bad idea to have the CVSROOT/passwd file added to
> the CVSROOT module so that it is accessible on a checkout of CVSROOT!
> This practice makes the security of the CVS server NIL.
> passwd should only ever be manipulated by the cvs passwd command.
> And as you have noticed, only the CVS admins can change the password
> of other users, so the login doing the cvs passwd command in this case
> must be listed in CVSROOT/admin (which also should not be a file that
> is added to the CVSROOT module).
>
>
> /Bo
> (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)



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