David D. Hagood writes [quoting me]:
>
> > Instead of:
> >
> > env = HOME=/home/cvs
> >
> > it is much better is to specify:
> >
> > passenv = PATH
> >
> > (i.e., don't pass $HOME to the server at all).
>
> The daemon is running as root when it starts. Then it drops priviledge
> to the user's level. Unfortunately, it still trys to look in root's home
> directory for .cvsignore, but as it is now running as a normal user, it
> cannot.
>
> The PATH has nothing at all to do with this problem.
You misunderstand -- when you don't specify "passenv", xinetd passes the
entire environment to the child process. When you *do* specify
"passenv", only the environment variables listed there are passed. So
the critical part is that "HOME" is *not* listed, not that "PATH" is.
This results in $HOME not being set at all in the server's environment
(which will cause CVS to compute it correctly) rather than being set to
a bogus value.
-Larry Jones
That's the problem with nature. Something's always stinging you
or oozing mucus on you. -- Calvin
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