Mathieu Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Nic Ferrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > Mathieu Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> Nic Ferrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> > >> > "Yaron Minsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > > >> >> I've been seeing problems with CVS access to Savannah. Here's what > >> >> happened when I tried an anonymous login: > >> >> > >> >> dragonfly: tmp $ cvs -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/sks > >> >> login > >> >> (Logging in to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > >> >> CVS password: > >> >> cvs [login aborted]: recv() from server subversions.gnu.org: EOF > >> >> dragonfly: tmp $ > >> >> > >> >> And here's the log sent to me by a user trying to access the repository: > >> >> > >> >> pks# cvs -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/cvsroot/sks co sks > >> >> cvs server: warning: cannot write to history file > >> >> /cvsroot/sks/CVSROOT/history: > >> >> Permission denied > >> >> cvs server: Updating sks > >> >> cvs server: failed to create lock directory for `/cvsroot/sks/sks' > >> >> (/cvsroot/sks/sks/#cvs.lock): Permission denied > >> >> cvs server: failed to obtain dir lock in repository `/cvsroot/sks/sks' > >> >> cvs [server aborted]: read lock failed - giving up > >> >> pks# > >> >> > >> >> Any ideas? > >> > > >> > I'm looking into it... it seems I forgot to make the history file > >> > writable by anoncvs... > >> > >> Was it a CVS you imported? > >> > >> When we import a CVS, we do not keep the CVSROOT/, this directory is > >> usually way too specific to be kept without risking to break lot of > >> things. > >> > > > > Yeah... but this one included some stuff that he would need. > > It is always safer to ask them to readd the stuff they need. > > > > > I still can't login to this with anoncvs... I'm getting some strange > >authentication errors. Can you have a look for me? > > Hum, I made it the easy way, I added a standard CVSROOT and move the > original to CVSROOT.orig > > It works, however they'll have to check and probably readd their > specific stuff.
Suits me. Over to you Yaron. Nic _______________________________________________ Savannah-hackers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/savannah-hackers
