[cvsnt] FATAL ERROR - no such user

Mon May 3 20:36:04 BST 2010

Glen,

Thanks for the tips! As far as I know, our group doesn't have commercial support for CVSNT. I take your point about the need for additional info, so I'll post what I know here; meanwhile, I'll try restoring from backup.

Thanks again

CVSNT version is 2.0.51d
CVSROOT is harm13/cvsrepos

The error, again, is:
cvs -r -d :pserver;username=wedwards;hostname=harm13:/cvsrepos login 
Logging in to :pserver:wedwards at harm13:2401:/cvsrepos
cvs [login aborted]: cvs
: no such userFatal error, aborting.

And the contents of passwd are:
#acollins:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#aglover2:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#battertona:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#bcarlson:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#bemanuel:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#bprimros:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#cberetz:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#clewis:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#cmazuranic:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#cmotes:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#daorourke:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#djordan:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#echamberlin:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#etometich:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#frschcd:cERtDKW3olQA.:cvsuser
#fsparacio:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#jcorbin:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvs
#jhall:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#jking:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#ksmith:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvssuper
#dowen:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#jmoore:/MFn0J2SYXzao:cvsuser
#kfelts:AkNJpdCQgWhrI:cvs
#ljones:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#llowe:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvssuper
#maven:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#mbeidler:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#mmayhew:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#nhager:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#oracle:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#pmvanluven:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#rsrinivasan:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
#tmahoney:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvssuper
abatterton:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
adoyle:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
afowlkes:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
anonymous::cvsuser

battertona:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
bdouglas:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
bhicks:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
brumpf:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
bsmith:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
bsteege:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
bstough:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
chardin:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
cinman:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
ckintner:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
dforbes:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
dfreyer:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
dkuhta:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
dlamb:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
dmalen:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
dmurgatroyd:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
dreynolds:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvssuper
dsurchek:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
dtaliaferro:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser

dwenk:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser

dwhitty:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
ebeers:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
eclavijo:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvssuper
edean:TFH2gBPo/uKxY:cvs
ewright:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
fpacione:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
gclark:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
jkrynitsky:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
jodulio:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
jpalmer:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
jpittard:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
jrosser:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
jsnearer:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
jsteenis:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
kengel:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
kgarrett:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
kglidden:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
klombard:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
kmalay:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
kmorton:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
kryan:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
ksummers:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
laberle:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
lholland:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
lkorcho:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
lzoerb:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
mchandeysson:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
mdekelbaum:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
mglover:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
mhammer:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
mjones:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
mmarletto:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
mmayo:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
mmejias:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
msmith:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
nhughes:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
palmerj:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
pchekuri:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
pdean:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
planning:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
rarnette:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
rdow:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
rfahrenkrog:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
rrallis:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
rspraycar:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser

rwhittier:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
ryellman:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
scornwell:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
shunter:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
skearns:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
tbess:ksXgFr9rdLgbk:cvs
tmckinney:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
vdavisson:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
vlopez:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
wedwards:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvs
wtroidl:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
xjohnson:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvssuper
yfayed:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
ysharkov:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
zli:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser
zwiener:Q2Bu1lEAbSmz.:cvsuser

-----Original Message-----
From: cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org [mailto:cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org] On Behalf Of Glen Starrett
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 2:42 PM
To: List Mailing CVS-NT (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [cvsnt] FATAL ERROR - no such user

Hi Wally,

I realize CACI is a large company, but at least one group within CACI 
has purchased support.  If you are part of that group, email me directly 
ASAP so we can get you added to the contact list and get your question 
answered.  This forum is not for commercial support.

On the other hand, if you are not with the group who has commercial 
support and are looking for community support, I know they will need 
additional details like the version of CVSNT, your CVSROOT, contents of 
passwd might help.  It's also possible it's as simple as a bad line 
ending or unicode BOM problem -- e.g. try restoring the file from a 
backup rather than editing it again to revert the change.

Regards,

On 5/3/2010 9:56 AM, Wallace Edwards wrote:
> Have you ever seen an error like this?
>
> Fatal error, aborting.
> cvs [update aborted]: cvs
> : no such user
>
> I thought at first that it was telling me there was a stray colon in the password file but I can't find one...
>
> I was updating the password file in CVSROOT when it started and now the error occurs anytime anyone tries to do anything (literally, anything - login, update, edit, etc.). I've gone back in through the server side and backed out the change to CVSROOT/passwd, but no luck.
>
> Any help anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated - we're dead in the water until I can resolve this.
>
> Thanks
> Wally Edwards
>    

-- 

Glen Starrett
Technical Account Manager, North America
March Hare Software, LLC
http://march-hare.com/cvspro/
800-653-1501 x803

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