Pat Verner writes: > > I have been using CVS 1.10 for some time, over a number of projects using > both CVS and WinCVS clients. > Authentication is using pserver; the server is running on a Linux box > using inetd, which is configured to start the server as user "rcs" in group > "cvs". This combination exists partly for historical reasons, and partly > for security reasons - I do not want the repository owned by root. > > The present server is however running out of steam, and I am in the process > of setting up a new server, this time using CVS-1.11.1p1. If I try to > start the server in the same way as on the old server, as user rcs/cvs, the > any cvs command gives me the error "setgid failed: Operation not permitted"
You have to use a CVSROOT/passwd file to map every CVS user to "rcs". See: <http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_2.html#SEC30>. -Larry Jones Wheeee. -- Calvin _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
