Thomas Inskip writes:
>
> cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/cvsroot login
> (Logging in to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
> CVS password:
> cvs [login aborted]: authorization failed: server
> grinder.wcnd.hrn.ascend.com rejected access
>
> I have an account on that machine, and that is the user ID/password
> combination I am using. Just in case, I set up a $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd
> file and put an entry in there, copying the encrypted password from the
> master password file, and got the same result.
If you're sure the username/password are correct, then the only thing I
can see that would cause a rejection without any further explanation is
if the CVSROOT you specified does not match any --allow-root option to
the server. Check for --allow-root=/usr/local/cvsroot in your
inetd.conf; check very carefully for typos and invisible control
characters and note that it comes *before* "pserver", not after.
> Are there any docs about the protocol used for authentication by pserver?
It's in the client/server protocol documentation -- see
doc/cvsclient.texi.
-Larry Jones
Even though we're both talking english, we're not speaking the same language.
-- Calvin
