On Tuesday 05 March 2002 11:52, Larry Jones wrote:
> Lorne Gutz writes:
> > I'm attempting to set up a pserver but I keep getting
> > rejected access.
>
> You've told us everything except the single most important piece of
> information: what is the exact command that fails and what is the error
> message you get?
Yes I remembered this after I had sent out my request.
lgutz@grumpy:~> cvs -t login
cvs login: notice: main loop with
CVSROOT=:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/cvsroot/fct1(Logging
in to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
CVS password:
cvs login: authorization failed: server mothergoose.vistar.ca rejected access
to /usr/local/cvsroot/fct1 for user anon
lgutz@grumpy:~>
> > root@mothergoose:/usr/local/cvsroot/fct1 > cat /etc/services | grep
> > cvspserver cvspserver 2401/tcp # cvspserver
> > cvspserver 2401/udp # cvspserver
>
> CVS doesn't use UDP, so feel free to remove that entry if you like.
>
> > cvspserver stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/bin/cvs
> > --allow-root=/usr/local/cvsroot/fct1 pserver
>
> You should have a -f before the --allow-root=....
>
> > anon@mothergoose:/usr/local/cvsroot/fct1 > cat CVSROOT/passwd
> > anon:
>
> What version of CVS do you have? Empty passwords are a reasonably
> recent addition that isn't supported by older versions.
>
> -Larry Jones
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