Re: CVS setup help

[Larry Jones]

Rohit Peyyeti writes:
> 
> Is there any better way to set this up? Also, I need read
> only access to certain project directories for some of the
> users. How is that possible?

Set the permissions on the repository directories so that read-only
users have read permission but not write permission.  Read/write users
should have both read and write permission.  (Note that only directory
permissions are important, not file permissions.)  You'll also have to
set LockDir= in your CVSROOT/config file to put the lock files somewhere
other than in the repository since read-only users still need to be able
to create lock files.

> I also tried setting up CVS in read-only mode by configuring
> CVSREAD environment variable.

CVSREAD does *not* put CVS in read-only mode -- it just set the
permissions on checked out files to read-only to prevent *accidental*
modifications.

-Larry Jones

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Re: CVS setup help

[Rohit Peyyeti]

Larry:

rohit = system user
readroh = cvs user

I changed $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd file. This is how
it has right now:

$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd :
readroh::rohit

$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/readers :
readroh

In .bash_profile :
CVSROOT=":pserver:rohit@server:/usr/local/cvs-rep"

As usuall, I am logging to CVS by saying:
'cvs login' and enter by password. Then I say cvs checkout 
'cvs checkout CVSROOT'. All the CVSROOT files come in 
read+write mode. 

...Rohit


- Original Message - 
From: "Larry Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 8:15 AM
Subject: Re: CVS setup help


> Rohit Peyyeti writes:
> > 
> > Thanks Larry, but I am having problems
> > getting Read-Only access in CVS using
> > pserver.
> > 
> > I created user called 'rohit' in system
> > and created respective entry in the 
> > CVSROOT/passed & CVSROOT/readers. There 
> > is no CVSROOT/writers file. Here are 
> > the entries:
> > 
> > CVSROOT/readers:
> > - readroh
> > 
> > CVSROOT/passwd:
> > - rohit::readroh
> 
> That's backwards -- that line says that the CVS user "rohit" should run
> as the system user "readroh".
> 
> > Is there any special way for creating
> > CVS user? Or just adding the entry in
> > the passwd file enough without having
> > to create another system user called
> > 'readroh'?
> 
> Simply adding them to the passwd file is sufficient, as long as you map
> them to a system user.
> 
> > When I checkout files after executing
> > 'cvs login', I get all the files wiht
> > rwx permissions. I can edit the files
> > and commit them too, which should not
> > be happening. 
> 
> Which user did you log in as, readroh or rohit?  The readers file needs
> to list CVS users, not system users.  You do have the readers and passwd
> files in $CVSROOT/CVSROOT and not just $CVSROOT don't you?
> 
> -Larry Jones
> 
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Re: CVS setup help

[Larry Jones]

Rohit Peyyeti writes:
> 
> rohit = system user
> readroh = cvs user
> 
> I changed $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd file. This is how
> it has right now:
> 
> $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd :
> readroh::rohit
> 
> $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/readers :
> readroh
> 
> In .bash_profile :
> CVSROOT=":pserver:rohit@server:/usr/local/cvs-rep"

There's the problem -- you're logging in as rohit.  Change that to:

CVSROOT=":pserver:readroh@server:/usr/local/cvs-rep"

-Larry Jones

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Re: CVS setup help

[Rohit Peyyeti]

This is the error which I get:

(Logging in to readroh@server)
CVS password:
Fatal error, aborting.
readroh: no such user
cvs login: authorization failed: server  rejected access

As I know, I did not create any system user called 'readroh'
but user called 'rohit' on the server which has my cvs-repository.

...Rohit

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From: "Larry Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: CVS setup help


> Rohit Peyyeti writes:
> >
> > rohit = system user
> > readroh = cvs user
> >
> > I changed $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd file. This is how
> > it has right now:
> >
> > $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd :
> > readroh::rohit
> >
> > $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/readers :
> > readroh
> >
> > In .bash_profile :
> > CVSROOT=":pserver:rohit@server:/usr/local/cvs-rep"
>
> There's the problem -- you're logging in as rohit.  Change that to:
>
> CVSROOT=":pserver:readroh@server:/usr/local/cvs-rep"
>
> -Larry Jones
>
> Can I take an ax to school tomorrow for ... um ... show and tell? --
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Re: CVS setup help

[Larry Jones]

Rohit Peyyeti writes:
> 
> (Logging in to readroh@server)
> CVS password:
> Fatal error, aborting.
> readroh: no such user
> cvs login: authorization failed: server  rejected access

Please do not summarize or truncate error messages when you report them
-- there are a number of similar messages and that makes it impossible
to tell exactly which one you are getting.  Assuming your server is on a
Unix-like system, there should be messages in your syslog that may help
diagnose the problem.  It would appear that CVS is either not reading
your passwd file or is not interpreting it correctly.  You are creating
it, by hand, directly in the repository rather than trying to create it
in a checked-out copy somewhere, right?  Also, what version of CVS are
you running?

-Larry Jones

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Re: CVS setup help

[Rohit Peyyeti]

Sorry, forgot the version information:

Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.10.8 (client/server)

...Rohit

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From: "Larry Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: CVS setup help


| Rohit Peyyeti writes:
| > 
| > (Logging in to readroh@server)
| > CVS password:
| > Fatal error, aborting.
| > readroh: no such user
| > cvs login: authorization failed: server  rejected access
| 
| Please do not summarize or truncate error messages when you report them
| -- there are a number of similar messages and that makes it impossible
| to tell exactly which one you are getting.  Assuming your server is on a
| Unix-like system, there should be messages in your syslog that may help
| diagnose the problem.  It would appear that CVS is either not reading
| your passwd file or is not interpreting it correctly.  You are creating
| it, by hand, directly in the repository rather than trying to create it
| in a checked-out copy somewhere, right?  Also, what version of CVS are
| you running?
| 
| -Larry Jones
| 
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Re: CVS setup help

[Larry Jones]

Rohit Peyyeti writes:
> 
> And I am not editing $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd
> file directly in the repository directory. I first checkout the
> file and then edit it before committing. 

That's almost certainly your problem -- unless you've added passwd to
the checkoutlist file, you don't actually have a $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd
file, you only have the corresponding RCS file
($CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd,v).  Like the manual says, the passwd file is
usually edited in place because there are serious security implications
if you put it in CVS.  Unless you understand what they are, I strongly
advise that you *not* use CVS to manage the passwd file.  Perhaps you
should re-read the relevant section of the manual:
.

-Larry Jones

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Re: CVS setup help

[Larry Jones]

Rohit Peyyeti writes:
> 
> Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.10.8 (client/server)

That's pretty old.  If you upgrade to the current release (1.11.1p1),
which you can get from www.cvshome.org, you'll get better error messages
and a whole lot of bug fixes.

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Re: CVS setup help

[Rohit Peyyeti]

Hello Larry:

Here is the un-altered version of the error
message:

[rohit@helix temp]$ CVSROOT=":pserver:readroh@lipid:/usr/local/cvs-rep"
[rohit@helix temp]$ cvs login
(Logging in to readroh@lipid)
CVS password: 
Fatal error, aborting.
readroh: no such user
cvs login: authorization failed: server lipid rejected access

and I run Redhat 7.0. The /var/log/message does not show anything
and no error message. And I am not editing $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd
file directly in the repository directory. I first checkout the
file and then edit it before committing. 

Regards,
Rohit Peyyeti

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From: "Larry Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: CVS setup help


| Rohit Peyyeti writes:
| > 
| > (Logging in to readroh@server)
| > CVS password:
| > Fatal error, aborting.
| > readroh: no such user
| > cvs login: authorization failed: server  rejected access
| 
| Please do not summarize or truncate error messages when you report them
| -- there are a number of similar messages and that makes it impossible
| to tell exactly which one you are getting.  Assuming your server is on a
| Unix-like system, there should be messages in your syslog that may help
| diagnose the problem.  It would appear that CVS is either not reading
| your passwd file or is not interpreting it correctly.  You are creating
| it, by hand, directly in the repository rather than trying to create it
| in a checked-out copy somewhere, right?  Also, what version of CVS are
| you running?
| 
| -Larry Jones
| 
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Re: CVS setup help

[Rohit Peyyeti]

Hello Larry:

Thanks for pointing this out. As of now, I did not add
$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd file to the checkoutlist
file. I removed the old passwd file from the repository
and created new passwd file under $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/
and tightened up direcoty permissions for
$CVSROOT/CVSROOT.

Now, I am able to successfully login into CVS with
CVS user called 'readroh'. But when I checkout files
from the repository, I still get read+write file
permissions and not as supposed to be read-only
mode.

Also, is 'readers' file created the same way as passwd
file? In either case it does not work. The readers file
contains just one line: readroh. And for sure I gave
new line at the end.

Regards,
Rohit Peyyeti


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From: "Larry Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 11:12 PM
Subject: Re: CVS setup help


> Rohit Peyyeti writes:
> >
> > And I am not editing $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd
> > file directly in the repository directory. I first checkout the
> > file and then edit it before committing.
>
> That's almost certainly your problem -- unless you've added passwd to
> the checkoutlist file, you don't actually have a $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd
> file, you only have the corresponding RCS file
> ($CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd,v).  Like the manual says, the passwd file is
> usually edited in place because there are serious security implications
> if you put it in CVS.  Unless you understand what they are, I strongly
> advise that you *not* use CVS to manage the passwd file.  Perhaps you
> should re-read the relevant section of the manual:
> <http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_2.html#SEC29>.
>
> -Larry Jones
>
> They can make me do it, but they can't make me do it with dignity. --
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Re: CVS setup help

[Rohit Peyyeti]

Thanks Larry. Thank you very much. Works
according to how I thought it should work.

Regards,
Rohit Peyyeti

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From: "Larry Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: CVS setup help


> Rohit Peyyeti writes:
> > 
> > Now, I am able to successfully login into CVS with
> > CVS user called 'readroh'. But when I checkout files
> > from the repository, I still get read+write file
> > permissions and not as supposed to be read-only
> > mode.
> 
> A read-only user still gets read/write files, but they're not allowed to
> make any changes to the repository (e.g., they can't commit changes or
> set tags).  Setting the $CVSREAD environment variable will give you
> read-only files, but won't (by itself) prevent you from changing the
> permissions, changing the files, and then committing them.
> 
> > Also, is 'readers' file created the same way as passwd
> > file?
> 
> No, the readers and writers files should be maintained with CVS.
> 
> -Larry Jones
> 
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Re: cvs setup help

[Mike]

Sounds like the path listed in etc/profile or in CVSROOT/modules may 
be pointing to the wrong place. Both need to point to the modules 
folder itself. For exact syntax, see:

http://www.michael-amorose.com/cvs/

Michael C. Amorose
Author FireUtils for Macintosh
Author Sound Core for Macintosh
Author Goo Library for Macintosh
FireWire Watch Webmaster
http://www.fireutils.com
http://www.soundcore.com
http://www.michael-amorose.com/goolibrary
http://www.michael-amorose.com/firewire
---

At 9:07 AM -0400 7/5/00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi all,
>I'm new to this group, and have just started using CVS i think its a great
>program, and have been impressed with it.  Everything has been working
>great with it until i tried setting another computer up, it worked fine the
>first time, except for one little mistake because they were binary files,
>so i just deleted everything, and ran the whole setup again, and then i had
>made the mistake of setting it up from my unix box, so instead of using the
>CVSROOT in the other computer it wanted to use mine, and since there was no
>access then it would just quit trying.  So then i reran it again and now it
>doesn't work at all..does anyone know what the problem could be..?? please
>any help would be greatly appreciated.  the problem is occurring when
>trying to checkout a working copy, i get this error
>
>cvs checkout: cannot find module "Testfile" - ignored
>
>thanxs..
>Jorge

Re: cvs setup help

[Matthias Kranz]

On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 09:07:55AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm new to this group, and have just started using CVS i think its a great
> program, and have been impressed with it.  Everything has been working
> great with it until i tried setting another computer up, it worked fine the
> first time, except for one little mistake because they were binary files,
> so i just deleted everything, and ran the whole setup again, and then i had
> made the mistake of setting it up from my unix box, so instead of using the
> CVSROOT in the other computer it wanted to use mine, and since there was no
> access then it would just quit trying.  So then i reran it again and now it
> doesn't work at all..does anyone know what the problem could be..?? please
> any help would be greatly appreciated.  the problem is occurring when
> trying to checkout a working copy, i get this error
> 
> cvs checkout: cannot find module "Testfile" - ignored

It is somehow confusing to me ... :).

Please provide us the exact value of

echo $CVSROOT

and/or the commands you are using.

Regards,
Matthias
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 Fail again. Fail better." (Samuel Beckett)

Re: CVS Setup Help Needed

[Larry Jones]

Matt Keyes writes:
> 
>   I'm running Slackware, I installed the latest CVS, and went through setting
> it up.  I set up the port as per the docs, and configured inetd.conf with
> the following:
> 
> cvs -f -allow-root=/cvsroot pserver
> 
> /cvsroot is a partition I have that will be dedicated solely to cvs.
> 
> However, its not working.  I tried typing cvs-f -allow-root=/cvsroot pserver
> while logged in as root from the console, and it just sits there until I hit
> return or type something and hit return, then spits back the following
> message:
> 
> cvs [pserver aborted]: bad auth protocol start:  hitting return, or blank if I just hit return>

That's exactly what it should do.  You're running it in server mode, so
it expects to be talking to a client, not a person at a keyboard.

Have you initialized your repository?  Have you set $CVSROOT?  Does it
work in local mode?  In short, do you have any idea at all what you're
doing, or are you totally lost?  Give us some more hints so we have some
idea what to do to help you.

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RE: CVS Setup Help Needed

[Matt Keyes]

Here's more info (and yes, I'm somewhat lost here...):

1. I set $CVSROOT to be /cvsroot
2. I did initialize the repository, so there is a /cvsroot/CVSROOT directory
(with all the subdirectories under it that are created)
3. I haven't tried it in local mode...
4. I've been trying to connect via WinCVS, and I get the message equivalent
to the one if you incorrectly type cvs (or just cvs) at a console prompt
(not the whole usage message, just the first line).  Sorry, I'm at work so I
can't really get the message from here.

Like I said, I'm somewhat lost simply b/c this is the first time I've tried
to setup/use CVS.  Thanks for any help!

Matt

-Original Message-
From: Larry Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 10:36 AM
To: Matt Keyes
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: CVS Setup Help Needed

Matt Keyes writes:
>
>   I'm running Slackware, I installed the latest CVS, and went through
setting
> it up.  I set up the port as per the docs, and configured inetd.conf with
> the following:
>
> cvs -f -allow-root=/cvsroot pserver
>
> /cvsroot is a partition I have that will be dedicated solely to cvs.
>
> However, its not working.  I tried typing cvs-f -allow-root=/cvsroot
pserver
> while logged in as root from the console, and it just sits there until I
hit
> return or type something and hit return, then spits back the following
> message:
>
> cvs [pserver aborted]: bad auth protocol start:  hitting return, or blank if I just hit return>

That's exactly what it should do.  You're running it in server mode, so
it expects to be talking to a client, not a person at a keyboard.

Have you initialized your repository?  Have you set $CVSROOT?  Does it
work in local mode?  In short, do you have any idea at all what you're
doing, or are you totally lost?  Give us some more hints so we have some
idea what to do to help you.

-Larry Jones

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Re: CVS Setup Help Needed

[Larry Jones]

Matt Keyes writes:
> 
> 1. I set $CVSROOT to be /cvsroot

That's not correct if you want to use pserver.  You should set it to
something like:

:pserver:user@host:/cvsroot

> 2. I did initialize the repository, so there is a /cvsroot/CVSROOT directory
> (with all the subdirectories under it that are created)
> 3. I haven't tried it in local mode...

Then how did you initialize the repository? :-)

> 4. I've been trying to connect via WinCVS, and I get the message equivalent
> to the one if you incorrectly type cvs (or just cvs) at a console prompt
> (not the whole usage message, just the first line).  Sorry, I'm at work so I
> can't really get the message from here.

I suggest getting pserver access working *on the server system* before
trying to get it working remotely; it makes debugging much easier.  For
troubleshooting advice, see the manual:

http://cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_21.html#SEC182

If you need more help, show us the exact error message and relavent
line(s) from your inetd or xinetd configuration.

-Larry Jones

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RE: CVS Setup Help Needed

[Matt Keyes]

>Then how did you initialize the repository? :-)
cvs -d /cvsroot init

I suspect my main problem is with the $CVSROOT.  Does the user in
:pserver:user@host:/cvsroot need to be each username that will access the
system?

My /etc/services:
cvspserver 2401/tcp

My inetd.conf reads this:
cvspserver stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/bin/cvs
cvs -f -allow-root=/cvsroot pserver

Like I said, I suspect that I need to set up the $CVSROOT correctly.

Any more help is appreciated :)!!!  Thanks!

-Original Message-
From: Larry Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 12:47 PM
To: Matt Keyes
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: CVS Setup Help Needed

Matt Keyes writes:
>
> 1. I set $CVSROOT to be /cvsroot

That's not correct if you want to use pserver.  You should set it to
something like:

:pserver:user@host:/cvsroot

> 2. I did initialize the repository, so there is a /cvsroot/CVSROOT
directory
> (with all the subdirectories under it that are created)
> 3. I haven't tried it in local mode...

Then how did you initialize the repository? :-)

> 4. I've been trying to connect via WinCVS, and I get the message
equivalent
> to the one if you incorrectly type cvs (or just cvs) at a console prompt
> (not the whole usage message, just the first line).  Sorry, I'm at work so
I
> can't really get the message from here.

I suggest getting pserver access working *on the server system* before
trying to get it working remotely; it makes debugging much easier.  For
troubleshooting advice, see the manual:

http://cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_21.html#SEC182

If you need more help, show us the exact error message and relavent
line(s) from your inetd or xinetd configuration.

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Re: CVS Setup Help Needed

[Larry Jones]

Matt Keyes writes:
> 
> >Then how did you initialize the repository? :-)
> cvs -d /cvsroot init

Then you used CVS in local mode.  That's why the smiley.

> I suspect my main problem is with the $CVSROOT.  Does the user in
> :pserver:user@host:/cvsroot need to be each username that will access the
> system?

Yes.  (That is, each user sets it with their own username.)

> My /etc/services:
> cvspserver 2401/tcp
> 
> My inetd.conf reads this:
> cvspserver stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/bin/cvs
> cvs -f -allow-root=/cvsroot pserver

Those look fine (assuming it's really --allow-root).

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Re: CVS Setup Help Needed

[Schwenk, Jeanie]

I need more information to really be able to help but I'll give it a good
shot.

Did you do a cvs init?  

Verify that cvs commands work from the node where cvs is installed?

The inetd.conf doesn't look correct.  Mine looks like this:
cvs stream tcp nowait root /opt/cvs/bin/cvs cvs -f
--allow-root=/export/cvsroot pserver
I initially did not use the "-f" and I lived to regret it.
Sigh, it took me days to find that type-o. 

Have you set up the /etc/services file?  

See section 2.9.3 in the Cederqvist
(http://cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs.html) for help with the inetd and
services files.

WINcvs
In WINcvs, you first need it to login successfully before you can do
anything. 
Admin menu pick ... Login

To interact with the repository:
Create menu pick,   General Tab fill is the first text field with
the items in < > tailored to your site.
:pserver::<$CVSROOT>

for example,  :pserver:jschwenk@pilot:/export/cvsroot

I'm on the digest so feel free to email me directly.

Good luck.

Jeanie

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Re: CVS Setup Help Needed

[Peter Ajamian]

Matt Keyes wrote:
> 
> On the same note (but a little OT), how can I cut and paste from vi (I want
> to cut the encrypted password from /etc/passwd and put it in the cvspasswd
> file (whatever its called... I'm not at home so I can't look at it)?

That depends on the interface or client you use to access the server
with.  If you want an easy way to manage the passwd and readers files
though, try cvspwd 2 which can be found at http://www.pajamian.dhs.org

Regards, Peter

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