Can't commit as root

2001-05-29 Thread Dominik Vogt
I want to manage the config files on our server in CVS. The CVS server is already up and running (access rights are given by putting users in the 'cvs' group). Everything works fine except that I can't use CVS as root. When I try to commit anything into cvs as the root user, I simply get this

Re: Can't commit as root

2001-05-29 Thread Matthew Riechers
Dominik Vogt wrote: When I try to commit anything into cvs as the root user, I simply get this message: cvs [server aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root' What can I do about this (yes, the root user is in the cvs group)? cvs won't let you commit as root since it can't tell who

Re: Can't commit as root

2001-05-29 Thread Donald Sharp
cvs will not let you commit as root. If you would like to change this you will need to compile cvs with CVS_BADROOT not defined( in options.h). donald On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 01:56:36PM +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote: I want to manage the config files on our server in CVS. The CVS server is