>Subject: Re: CVS permissions
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 17:28:47 -0400 (EDT)
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry Jones)
>
>Stephen Rasku writes:
>>
>> In this case, I would need to manually add every user to the
>> CVSROOT/passwd file. I assume that it would look something like
this:
>>
>> user1:ULtgRLXo7NRxs:cvsuser
>> user2:ULtgRLXo7NRxs:cvsuser
>> user3:ULtgRLXo7NRxs:cvsuser
>> user4:ULtgRLXo7NRxs:cvsuser
>>
>[...]
>>
>> I guess this will work. I just wish that CVS had an option so that
I
>> could just set it up and leave it. This solution will require me
to
>> continually edit the CVSROOT/passwd file to add and remove users.
>
>I have a patch that I've been sitting on that allows wildcards in
>CVSROOT/passwd. That would allow you to just do:
>
> *:ULtgRLXo7NRxs:cvsuser
>
>which would let absolutely anyone use CVS provided they know the
>password. It would also let you do things like:
>
> *:*:cvsuser
>
>to let only authorized system users use CVS using their system
>passwords.
>
>I've been sitting on it because there didn't seem to be much demand
for
>it and I've been having a hard time figuring out how to add it to the
>ducumentation; if people want it, now would be a good time to speak
up.
>
Consider me spoken up. I think this star-star functionality is
exactly what I am looking for.
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Stephen Rasku E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Senior Software Engineer Web: http://www.tgivan.com/
TGI Technologies http://www.pop-star.net/
