Stuart R Dole writes:
> 
> [webview@node4 CCProc]$ cvs -d :pserver:webview@gaia:/usr/local/repository login
> (Logging in to stuartd@gaia)
> CVS password: <<I type the password for the "webview" account on gaia>>
> [webview@node4 CCProc]$ cvs commit
> cvs commit: Examining .
[...]
> cvs [server aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root'
> cvs commit: saving log message in /tmp/cvspotVij
>
> OK, I'm not root. What's up?

You are root.  Doing a ``cvs login'' does nothing but verify the
password and remember it; what user you are for any particular operation
is determined by how cvsroot is set.  In this case, you're working in a
checked-out directory, so cvsroot comes from CVS/Root.

-Larry Jones

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