I solved my own problem; I had done set cvsroot=:pserver: rather than
:ntserver:
Once I used :ntserver: I can create all the accounts I want. Early onset
senility is a terrible thing...

""Jim Collins"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I'm on NT4 SP6 , CVS build 1.11.1.3 build 57
>
> I do cvs login, set CVSROOT (:pserver:me@myserver:/repository), then try
> cvs passwd -a newuser
> then it says:
> new password:***
> Verify password:***
> and dies : cvs [passwd aborted]: end of file from server
>
> I'm logged in locally as Administrator, so I can't imagine what's going
> wrong.
> If I can't fix this, is there a way to blow away and recreate the passwd
> file?
>
> cvs ls -l -R  works fine.....
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