Hi,

I bit more info: the very same error happens when I try 

  cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/works/CVS co multifretes

on the machine where the pserver is running. The is somway to disable 
the pserver to chdir into /root?

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having trouble checking code out of a CVS server using the
> WinCVS. 
> Running from a terminal connected to the server, everything seems 
> okay: I can import, checkout, update, commit. Using the WinCVS,  I
> can 
> also login, import, but I can't checkout anything!
> 
> The CVS pserver run on a Slackware 7; the pserver being started
with 
> the following command:
> 
>   /sbin/tcpserver -v -u0 -g0 0 2401 /usr/local/bin/cvs \       
>      --allow-root=/works/CVS pserver 2>&1 | /sbin/splogger cvs 3 &
> 
> The error message is as follows:
> 
>   cvs -z9 checkout -P multifretes (in directory 
E:\HOME\feng\projetos)
> 
>   cvs server: cannot open /root/.cvsignore: Permission denied
>   cvs checkout: in directory multifretes:
>   cvs checkout: cannot open CVS/Entries for reading: No such file
or 
>  
> directory
>   cvs [server aborted]: can't chdir(/root): Permission denied
> 
>   *****CVS exited normally with code 1*****
> 
> Could anyone help me to put this thing working?
> 
> Feng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> 
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