KM, And it caries again depending on the client software. Eg: if you are using WinCVS, TortoiseCVS or anything else that uses the CVSNT client then it will depend on the CVSROOT which you used to create the sandbox.
Eg: - named user: :pserver:km@myhost:/myrepo - current user: :pserver:myhost:/myrepo We always recommend you create the sandboxes using the 'current user' method - then many people can 'share' a sandbox and when each 'commits' it's their 'logged in name' that gets used no the name of the person who created the sandbox. Regards, Arthur Barrett Product Manager CVSNT > -----Original Message----- > From: > info-cvs-bounces+arthur.barrett=march-hare....@nongnu.org > [mailto:info-cvs-bounces+arthur.barrett=march-hare.com@nongnu. > org] On Behalf Of Larry Jones > Sent: 05 December 2012 08:42 > To: info...@yahoo.com > Cc: cvs-user-list > Subject: Re: history shows different login -CVS > > > KM writes: > > > > This may be a stupid question, but I noticed today that when I > > committed/added a new file using a generic "build" login on my > > linux/redhat system, that the history in CVS shows the > previous persons > > ID. For example "jdoe" in history and not "build". I can't seem to > > figure out how this is assocatied to his ID. This may not > even be a CVS > > setting, and may be related to an operating system setting, but I > > thought I'd ask anyway. > > The user that history records can come from a number of different > places: If you're using an authenticated client/server method like > pserver, it's the username the client sent to the server. > Otherwise, it > comes from getuid() and getpwuid() in the CVS (server) process unless > that's 0. If it is 0, CVS uses the first of getlogin(), $LOGNAME, and > $USER that's set. > -- > Larry Jones > > Ha! Wild zontars couldn't drag that information out of me! > Do your worst! > -- Calvin > >