Thanks, I was using my username. The results from the ypcat:
ypcat: the domainname hasn't been set on this machine. Do I need to resolve this, or is just a method for troubleshooting? | -----Original Message----- | From: Todd Denniston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 2:43 PM | To: Rancier, Jeff | Cc: info-cvs@gnu.org | Subject: Re: Check out fails | | | "Rancier, Jeff" wrote: | > | > Yep. I downloaded, compiled, and installed for Solaris 8 | on Sparc. The | > manpage for initgroups indicates the following: | > | <SNIP> | > So, I SU'd and logged into the repository again and | attempted to do a check | > out again, with the same error. Has anyone experience this | on Solaris? | > Have a resolution? | > | If you are using pserver you should not need to su, [x]inetd | runs as root. | | I have a few questions to that may resolve some assumptions | the rest of us | are making. | | Q1) what username are you giving to CVS? | | Q2) on the solaris box what does the following command sequence yield? | cat /etc/passwd > /tmp/workoutuser; ypcat passwd >> | /tmp/workoutuser ; \ | grep username_from_Q1 /tmp/workoutuser | | Q3) on the solaris box what does the following command | sequence yield? (Note | that you may not want to give all the information output | here, just what you | believe may be involved.) | cat /etc/group > /tmp/workoutgroup ; \ | ypcat group >> /tmp/workoutgroup; \ | grep username_from_Q1 /tmp/workoutuser |awk -F: '{print $4}' > | /tmp/workoutgid | | grep -e `cat /tmp/workoutgid` \ | -e username_from_Q1 /tmp/workoutgroup | \ | awk -F: '{print $1 "\t:" $3}' | | Q4) on the solaris box what does the following command sequence yield? | ls -l `echo $CVSROOT |awk -F: '{print $4}'` | #assuming CVSROOT is set to pserver | | | > Thanks, | > Jeff | > | > | -----Original Message----- | > | From: Rod Macpherson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 6:39 PM | > | To: Rancier, Jeff | > | Subject: RE: Check out fails | > | | > | | > | Did you successfully "cvs login" as the user in your | CVSROOT string? | > | | > | -----Original Message----- | > | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | On Behalf | > | Of Rancier, Jeff | > | Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 2:48 PM | > | To: info-cvs@gnu.org | > | Subject: Check out fails | > | | > | When attempting to checkout a module using pserver, I get: | > | | > | initgroups failed: Invalid argument | > | | > | I googled this but didn't come up with anything helpful. | > | | > | Thanks, | > | Jeff | | -- | Todd Denniston | Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) | Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter | _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list Info-cvs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs