> From: Larry Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> 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
> 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:
This one, at least sounds great. Gets rid of the extra administration.
Although, it sounds kinda hard with the cvspasswd utility not included
in the contrib... Can we add it?
> *:*:cvsuser
>
> to let only authorized system users use CVS using their system
> passwords.
Hmmm.... I'm not too sure whether this is a Good Thing (tm).
But then again, you don't have to use the feature :)
So, I'ld suggest to include it anyways. As long as the pserver section
talks about it, it should be fine (assuming it doesn't break old
the structure *evilgrin*).
Guus
