I guess your right. I'll re-read the pserver section. Both systems are internal, security risk in nil. I did delete the passwd file, and then I couldn't login to the repository.
> cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/cvsroot login Logging in to :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:2401/usr/local/cvsroot CVS password: cvs login: authorization failed: server jrancier rejected access to /usr/local/cvsroot for user jrancier This aside, it was the cvsd on the Windows box (the repository) which was reporting the initgroups error then? I mean, why would the local cvs client care, right? Thanks for the assistance. Jeff | -----Original Message----- | From: Todd Denniston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 4:01 PM | To: Larry Jones | Cc: Rancier, Jeff; info-cvs@gnu.org | Subject: Re: Check out fails | | | Larry Jones wrote: | > | > Todd Denniston writes: | > > | > > If you are using pserver you should not need to su, | [x]inetd runs as root. | > | > But is it set up to run pserver as root? If not, you can | only run as | > the user you're running pserver as -- any attempt to run as | a different | > user will result in similar problems (although one would expect | > initgroups() to fail with EPERM rather than EINVAL). | | which would imply either the user name given was invalid (for where | initgroups looked) or the additional group was. Does | initgroups get pointed | at CVSROOT/passwd if it exists? | | seeing this and his latest (21 Jun 2005 15:15:46) email I | wonder if Jeff has | jrancier in /usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT/passwd and in the | correct format | assuming his mention of CVSROOT/passwd means it exists. | | Jeff, | sorry that was one of my other assumptions, CVSROOT/passwd | did not exist. | You should only need CVSROOT/passwd if you want to allow | logins that are not | system username logins. I will let you decide if you want to | read up on | pserver past and current insecurities and decide if having | CVSROOT/passwd is | something you really want. | | -- | Todd Denniston | Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) | Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter | _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list Info-cvs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
