Mirco Bova writes [quoting me]: > > >That means that the CVS server is running as root > >(which it shouldn't be) > > Why? I mean we found some exaples in cederqvist where cvs pserver was > running as root. > > 2401 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/bin/cvs > cvs --allow-root=/usr/cvsroot pserver > > pherhaps we wisunderstood something?
I should have been more clear. The server starts out running as root, but it only runs as root long enough to validate the client's specified username and password; as soon as that's done, it changes user to run as the specified user. You get the "unknown to this system" message because you're still running as uid 0 after that switch. > >and your CVS username isn't a valid system username. > >You say mirco maps to mirco.bova in CVSROOT/passwd, > >is mirco.bova just an alias for root (i.e., uid 0)? > > no mirco.bova is a normal user. We also tried mapping mirco to root > but it doesn't work... Are you sure you're running as mirco? CVS saves the connection information (including the username) for a working directory (in CVS/Root) when you first check it out and then uses that saved information rather than $CVSROOT for all subsequent operations. You might want to checkout a new working directory and see if that solves the problem. -Larry Jones Who, ME? Who?! Me?? WHO... Me?! Who, me??? -- Calvin _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
