In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry Jones) writes:
> There's no need. If you're using anonymous cvs, you must be running
> pserver which doesn't allow access to any repository that it doesn't
> know about (via the --allow-root command line option in inetd.conf).
> Running init on an existing repository is perfectly safe -- it won't
> destroy or modify any existing data. At most it will create any missing
> administrative files with just comments in them.
But it is possible to initialize a repository other than specified by
--allow-root.
% cvs -v
Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.11.1.1 (client/server)
Copyright (c) 1989-2001 Brian Berliner, david d `zoo' zuhn,
Jeff Polk, and other authors
CVS may be copied only under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
a copy of which can be found with the CVS distribution kit.
Specify the --help option for further information about CVS
% cvs -d /tmp/y init
% echo anonymous > /tmp/y/CVSROOT/readers
% echo anonymous::akr > /tmp/y/CVSROOT/passwd
% cvs --allow-root=/tmp/y pserver
BEGIN AUTH REQUEST
/tmp/y
anonymous
A
END AUTH REQUEST
cvs: setgroups: Operation not permitted
I LOVE YOU
init /tmp/x
ok
Is it perfectly safe?
--
Tanaka Akira
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