Re: flexible password file location
=?iso-8859-1?q?E=20B?= writes: > > I had a look at the Ant source. They do not use > 'cvs login' to add an entry to the .cvspass. Instead > they are adding it themselves. How reliable is this? Not very. The format of the file is undocumented and has already changed at least once. -Larry Jones The hardest part for us avant-garde post-modern artists is deciding whether or not to embrace commercialism. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
Re: flexible password file location
=?iso-8859-1?q?E=20B?= writes: > > My current client is 1.10.5 and doesnt support this. > Any idea if wincvs 1.2/1.3 has this 1.11.1 client? I have no idea. > btw, why is it not recommended? The reason I am asking > this is, the command cvs login expects password > strictly from stdin (like the passwd command). Because it puts the password in plain sight. For example, on most Unix-like systems, anyone can do a ``ps'' and see your entire command line, including your password. -Larry Jones Your bangs do a good job of covering up the lobotomy stitches. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
Re: flexible password file location
--- E B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Larry Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > =?iso-8859-1?q?E=20B?= writes: > > > > > > 1. Can passwd be supplied using any mechanism > > > other than ~/.cvspass > > > > As of CVS 1.11.1, you can specify the password in > > the CVSROOT: > > > > :pserver:user:password@host/cvsroot > > > > but it's not recommended. > > > My current client is 1.10.5 and doesnt support this. > Any idea if wincvs 1.2/1.3 has this 1.11.1 client? > btw, why is it not recommended? The reason I am > asking > this is, the command cvs login expects password > strictly from stdin (like the passwd command). > Btw, how does Ant get away with this? > I had a look at the Ant source. They do not use 'cvs login' to add an entry to the .cvspass. Instead they are adding it themselves. How reliable is this? Probably I can also do this. __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
Re: flexible password file location
--- Larry Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > =?iso-8859-1?q?E=20B?= writes: > > > > 1. Can passwd be supplied using any mechanism > > other than ~/.cvspass > > As of CVS 1.11.1, you can specify the password in > the CVSROOT: > > :pserver:user:password@host/cvsroot > > but it's not recommended. My current client is 1.10.5 and doesnt support this. Any idea if wincvs 1.2/1.3 has this 1.11.1 client? btw, why is it not recommended? The reason I am asking this is, the command cvs login expects password strictly from stdin (like the passwd command). Btw, how does Ant get away with this? > > > 2. Is the location of .cvspass flexible (it seems > > not, but am i correct?). > > No, it's not. > This is irrelavant now :) > > 3. lets say I am user X, and when I login, I have > > this new file ~X/.cvsfile. Now from the same shell > > I change username to Y in my CVSROOT, and do a > login. > > the same ~X/.cvsfile is getting modified. and not > > ~Y/.cvspass. I am struck :-( > > I presume you mean .cvspass, not .cvsfile. > > You're not struck, or even stuck. If you look at > your ~/.cvspass file, > you'll see that it contains *both* > usernames/passwords. Logging in to a > repository is not like logging in to a system -- all > it does is cause > CVS to remember the corresponding password (in > ~/.cvspass) so you don't > have to type it in every time you want to do > something. You typically > log in to a repository only once and never log out > -- I'm currently > logged in to 14(!) repositories. So, the fact that > all of the passwords > are going into the same file is irrelevant -- you > can still simulate > multiple users just fine. > Okay, thats a good news! The .cvspass file indeed has all the users and passords for different hosts. > -Larry Jones > > You're going to be pretty lonely in the nursing > home. -- Calvin > > ___ > Info-cvs mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
Re: flexible password file location
=?iso-8859-1?q?E=20B?= writes: > > 1. Can passwd be supplied using any mechanism > other than ~/.cvspass As of CVS 1.11.1, you can specify the password in the CVSROOT: :pserver:user:password@host/cvsroot but it's not recommended. > 2. Is the location of .cvspass flexible (it seems > not, but am i correct?). No, it's not. > 3. lets say I am user X, and when I login, I have > this new file ~X/.cvsfile. Now from the same shell > I change username to Y in my CVSROOT, and do a login. > the same ~X/.cvsfile is getting modified. and not > ~Y/.cvspass. I am struck :-( I presume you mean .cvspass, not .cvsfile. You're not struck, or even stuck. If you look at your ~/.cvspass file, you'll see that it contains *both* usernames/passwords. Logging in to a repository is not like logging in to a system -- all it does is cause CVS to remember the corresponding password (in ~/.cvspass) so you don't have to type it in every time you want to do something. You typically log in to a repository only once and never log out -- I'm currently logged in to 14(!) repositories. So, the fact that all of the passwords are going into the same file is irrelevant -- you can still simulate multiple users just fine. -Larry Jones You're going to be pretty lonely in the nursing home. -- Calvin ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
flexible password file location
I want to simlate multiple users loging into cvs server, programmatically. 1. Can passwd be supplied using any mechanism other than ~/.cvspass 2. Is the location of .cvspass flexible (it seems not, but am i correct?). 3. lets say I am user X, and when I login, I have this new file ~X/.cvsfile. Now from the same shell I change username to Y in my CVSROOT, and do a login. the same ~X/.cvsfile is getting modified. and not ~Y/.cvspass. I am struck :-( Any suggestions/workarounds? thanks! __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
