One other problem with pserver is that passwords are stored "in the clear" on the users' home directories.
At least with SSH, the keys can be encrypted using a password that the user enters either upon login or on a per-use basis. Noel --- Steven Tryon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We run pserver on a machine behind a firewall and > access with redirected > ports with ssh. > > Someone posted on this list a cookbook ssh command > to do so... > > ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] -L > 2401:host.whatever.com:2401 > > Then set your CVSROOT to point to localhost. > > Works. > > Steve > > On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 10:51, Phil R Lawrence wrote: > > I saw in the docs how to set up pserver and how it > can manage read-write > > permissions. But I won't run a server without > encryption. > > -- > Steven Tryon, ciber @ Xerox > Webmaster, Xerox Global Service Net > 8*227-1898 / 585-427-1898 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Info-cvs mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
