cvs question

[Michael Grant]

On 9/15/06, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida at ceid.upatras.gr> wrote:
> The CVS server seems to be using some sort of CVS access control, i.e.
> by a CVSROOT/readers or CVSROOT/writers file or something similar.

I didn't set anything like that up.  I simply added this line to
/etc/inetd.conf:

cvspserver stream tcp nowait   root /usr/bin/cvs cvs
--allow-root=/home/ng/tools/cvsroot --allow-root=/home/somewhere/else
pserver

> I am not sure of all the gory details about your particular setup, but
> the message seems to imply that `mgrant' is blocked by the access
> controls of the server itself.

It sure seems that way.  Or it seems that somehow it's proposing the
wrong password.  Hmm, now, here's something funny, the password in
CVSROOT/Root is all lower case and my password is mixed case.

I tried editing this file and adding the mixed case, but no, that
didn't help.  Then, I tried changing my password on the server to
match the all lower case password it insists on putting in the Root
file and now I can get in, but only if I provide the -d :pserver:....
on the command line.  I tried setting CVSROOT but again, the same auth
error.

> Do you have a CVSROOT/readers or CVSROOT/writers in
> /home/ng/tools/cvsroot/CVSROOT/ on the CVS server?
>
> If yes, what do they contain?  Please take care of masking any sensitive
> data (like user passwords), if you sent their contents!!!

No, don't have any of these files on the server.

At least I can now update my local copy from the cvs server using the
long cmd line with the -d :pserver:... stuff.  However, I'm still
curious why setting CVSROOT isn't working.

By the way, thanks for all your help.

Michael Grant