Ganesh,
These appear to be questions about CVSNT. Questions about CVSNT should
be directed to the CVSNT newsgroup:
http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt
or
news://news.cvsnt.org/support.cvsnt
Regards,
Arthur Barrett
-----Original Message-----
From: Ganesh 2 Subramanian
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, 30 August 2008 1:13 AM
To: Arthur Barrett; support
Cc: SE Tools Answers; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: CVS and Active Directory
Hi,
Thanks for your inputs. It is very helpful.
Need some more details about the options you mentioned.
1) Is there a documentation or manual available which explains
in detail about authentication via Microsoft Active directory for CVSNT
server?. From
your email we understand that if we go for this approach it
would be a login free solution, how can we control access to
repositories then?.
2) We are also looking for a guide that would explain in detail
about the Migration steps from CVS to CVSNT. We would want to know how
easy/difficult it is.
Thanks,
> > > > > > > >
Ganesh Subramanian | Tech Lead - Software Engineering Tools
Support
Technology Infrastructure & Strategy
Ameriprise Financial
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
5193 Ameriprise Financial Center | Minneapolis, MN 55474
Office: 612.678-5013 | Mobile: 612-242-5520
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ameriprise.com <http://www.ameriprise.com/>
We shape financial solutions for a lifetime(r)
"Arthur Barrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
08/29/2008 08:31 AM
To
"Ganesh 2 Subramanian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cc
"SE Tools Answers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject
RE: CVS and Active Directory
Ganesh,
There are two approaches - one uses CVS and PServer (which is
what you are asking about) and the other uses CVSNT (yes it runs on
Solaris) and a protocol called SSPI.
The SSPI technique results in encrypted "login free"
transactions from Windows/PC clients (same as "net use" does) by passing
the login token of the logged in user to the server.
Wiith the PServer technique you will need to use "cvs login"
which usually results in the password being stored in a file (or in the
case of windows the registry) in an insecure/trivially encoded format).
If you are looking for a "login free" solution then you will
need to switch to CVSNT on your Solaris server and Windows/PC clients
(you probably already are using CVSNT on the Windows PC clients) and
direct your questions to the CVSNT newsgroup. I've personally used this
on Linux but not on Solaris though it should work identically.
According to google search (search for "cvs pam
site:ximbiot.com" without the quotes) the PAM support in CVS 1.12.13
(the unstable version) is experimental. PAM support (for CVS PSERVER
access) as well as SSPI support has been in stable CVSNT releases for a
few years at least.
CVSNT Newsgroup details are on cvsnt.org/wiki
Regards,
Arthur Barrett
-----Original Message-----
From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of
Ganesh 2 Subramanian
Sent: Fri 8/29/2008 6:54 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: SE Tools Answers
Subject: CVS and Active Directory
Hi,
We are trying to setup authentication of CVS against Active
Directory.
I did a google , from what I understand, that the CVS can be
authenticated
against
active directory by modifying the PAM settings (pam.conf) for
CVS. I would
like to know in detail the steps/settings change we need to
follow to make
this work.
Current CVS set up
CVS Version - 1.11.21 (client/server)
OS - CVS installed in Sun solaris server.
Authentication - Uses pserver mechanism for authentication.
Passwords are
currently stored in passwd file.
Please provide us the changes/modifications needed for the
current set up
to authenticate against Active directory.
Thanks in advance!
> > > > > > > >
Ganesh Subramanian
(r)
-----------------------------------------
************************************************************************
******
"This message and any attachments are solely for the intended
recipient and may contain confidential or privileged
information.
If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying,
use, or distribution of the information included in this message
and any attachments is prohibited. If you have received this
communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail and
immediately and permanently delete this message and any
attachments. Thank you."
************************************************************************
******
************************************************************************
******
"This message and any attachments are solely for the intended
recipient and may contain
confidential or privileged information. If you are not the
intended recipient, any disclosure,
copying, use, or distribution of the information included in
this message and any attachments is
prohibited. If you have received this communication in error,
please notify us by reply e-mail and
immediately and permanently delete this message and any
attachments. Thank you."
************************************************************************
******
