[lug] cvs pserver

D. Stimits stimits at idcomm.com
Wed Apr 25 23:49:23 MDT 2001


Nate Duehr wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 12:37:22PM -0600, D. Stimits wrote:
> > I've been poking around there (as well as in a book), and can't seem to
> > find any reference as to why /root/.cvsignore must be readable for this
> > to work. I'm tempted to remove and reinstall cvs, but I have a feeling
> > that whatever config problem I have it would still be there.
> 
> Did you accidentally do your cvs init in that dir instead of against
> your true CVS root?

Nope. This is an old and well-used cvs root, and the only time it
requires reading of /root/.cvsignore is when done via pserver. Any user
with login ability can currently do a checkout or export from the local
machine, it is only pserver that it dies on.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

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