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Enable CVS pserver on 10.3
I setup CVS pserver on my new PowerBook which is now running 10.3. The only clevat was that I could not login through pserver for some reason. Eventually I tracked down the problem by using Google and finding a link about setting up password access with CVS. Tips for setting up the CVS passwd file showed me that I needed to use a Perl command to crypt my password and then paste that into the CVS passwd file with my username. This allowed me to finally login via pserver.
does pserver require passwd file?
I had cvs login working with pserver on 10.2 and didn't do anything with $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd - I've saved my old CVSROOT directory and have no such file. Is there something different in cvs in 10.3 that requires a passwd file? I keep getting
apparently yes, if:
I'm answering my own question here, but maybe it will help someone. Apparently if a user uses the ShadowHash authentication_authority, then you must create a $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd file entry for them, as described above. I guess panther now defaults to using ShadowHash. To tell if the user you're having problems with uses ShadowHash, do:
apparently yes, if:
Dave, |
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