[ILUG] setting up anonymous CVS access ?

[John P. Looney]

On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 01:55:26PM +0000, Waider mentioned:
> 'tis in the FAQ...
> 
> create a passwd file in the CVSROOT file like so:
> anon::
> 
> This presumes the presence of an anon user on your system and also that
> you want to anon user not to have a CVS password. If you want to give anon
> a password, use Your Favourite Crypted Password Generator to put an encrypted
> string in field 2; if you don't want an anon user on your system use field
> three to map to an existing user.
 
 Hmm. Tried that;

bartender [0]  cat passwd 
anonymous::
anon::

bartender [0]  cat readers 
anonymous
anon

bartender [0]  echo $CVSROOT 
:pserver:anonymous at cvs:/var/cvs

bartender [0]  cvs login
Logging in to :pserver:anonymous at cvs:2401/var/cvs
CVS password: 
Fatal error, aborting.
anonymous: no such user

 That's what happens when I hit enter...does CVS have to be configured to
look at /etc/passwd as well as CVSROOT/passwd ?

Kate

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