Matthew H. Ray wrote: > I'm running Debian on a CVS server and have Debian clients. We're using > OpenSSH to replace the rsh calls in CVS. The problem is that every time > a cvs user makes a CVS call (like cvs diff file), they have to enter my > password. I know there's a way around this, but I can't find clear > documentation.
If you don't want to enter passwords then you could use RSA keys. (man ssh) However you say - "enter my password" - that smacks of misconfiguration as they should be entering *their* passwords, not yours. Don't expect any system which uses a single account shared among many users to be secure. Also, if you have any wincvs users be sure you set your CVSROOT to something that a) includes the :ext: protocol hint, and b) doesn't include the username. I have found through experience that wincvs is pretty picky about those things, where unix clients aren't. For example a good CVSROOT is :ext:mycvsserver:/mycvs/root/path where as a bad one which will almost certainly make wincvs choke (these get stored in the CVS control files remember) is [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mycvs/root/path. -- Jamie Heilman http://audible.transient.net/~jamie/ "You came all this way way without saying squat and now you're trying to tell me a '56 Chevy can beat a '47 Buick in a dead quarter mile? I liked you better when you weren't saying squat kid." -Buddy
