Thanks for you advice Larry, I do not have -f global option in /etc/inetd.conf but I don't think that is my problem.
More info: I have 2 linux 6.1 boxes, both installed with CVS 1.10.6 I was using one to let people connect to and use CVS, the other was a backup machine incase the other crapped out. I tar/gzip/ftp file from one to the other on some frequent basis. the 2 machines are not identical, one has more disk space. I have a new project that I need the more disk space, this is the machine that I get the Permission denied on. I do not see the difference in permissions or in the inetd.conf file between these 2 machines. one lets me check out and the other don't. ------------------------------------------------ initd.conf of working box: cvspserver stream tcp nowait root /usr/bin/cvs cvs --allow-root=/usr/local/CVS pserver initd.conf of NON working box: cvspserver stream tcp nowait root /usr/bin/cvs cvs --allow-root=/usr/local/CVS pserver Neither contained the -f option, I think this is where you meant is would be seen? ------------------------------------ ls -al at /usr/local on working box drwxrwxr-x 11 root cvs 1024 Oct 8 15:10 CVS ls -al at /usr/local on NON working box /usr/local drwxrwxr-x 5 root cvs 4096 Nov 29 18:43 CVS ------------------------------------- ls -al at /usr/local/CVS on NON working box drwxrwxr-x 10 deaverc cvs 4096 Nov 29 19:16 rmcqh all files in this dir and all sub dirs have drwxrwxr-x permissions, most owned by deaverc:cvs CVSROOT is owned by root:cvs drwxrwxr-x 2 root cvs 4096 Nov 29 18:32 CVSROOT I use wincvs to access these repositories. I was able to Import several modules, I look on the linux box and all I imported is there, but when I got to checkout a module is when I get the "permission denied" problem. What else can I look at that may be causing the problem? I do not think it would be a bad inetd.conf, since I am able to check modules in to CVS just fine, that lets me know CVS is up and running. I am also able to issue cvs -v and get response. The -f option sounded promising especially when I saw I did not have it on the command for cvspserver, but then when I see the machine that is working and it also does not have it, I don't think that is going to be my problem? Carl Deaver -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 10:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: question about Permission denied Deaver, Carl writes: > > cvs -z9 checkout -P rmcqh (in directory C:\ccc) > cvs server: cannot open /root/.cvsignore: Permission denied > cvs [server aborted]: can't chdir(/root): Permission denied Either you forgot the -f global option in /etc/inetd.conf or you've got a defective inetd and you're not running the latest release of CVS (1.11.1p1), which you can get from <http://www.cvshome.org>, should you need it. -Larry Jones _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
