Jason Gunthorpe writes ("Re: CVS"):
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> However, it is good to have the choice to be able to use encryption. [see
> below]Right. I think that for a critical package like dpkg maintained by a very small group it's probably essential. ... > No, I have patched CVS on va to work around this. CVS runs as the owner of > the repository and ONLY that person, the entries in the passwd file are > ignored. It switches to the owner of the root CVS directory it is using > and that cannot be changed without root privlages. That's good. ... > There is no reason why debian developers can't use ssh directly, but I > have not been setting all the repositories up as groups because it makes > debian-admin's job a bit harder to keep track of the extra groups and > people. However, Gnome is setup as a group, there is no reason not to. > > I will set dpkg up like this and put klee, iwj and mdorman in the group, > if you want other people to use it then email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Also, if you are using ssh then there is no need to have an entry in the > CVSROOT/passwd file. That would be great. Thank you. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
