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Re: Patch: Add support for CVS_USER environment variable
From: |
Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: Patch: Add support for CVS_USER environment variable |
Date: |
Wed, 25 Feb 2004 22:40:23 -0500 (EST) |
M.E.O'Neill writes:
>
> In some situations, cvs is run as a user different from the username
> that should be used for checkins. The enclosed patch adds support for
> setting the username used for checkins using an environment variable,
> CVS_USER (much rcs used to pay attention to LOGNAME).
That is a horrible idea -- it lets anyone pretend to be anyone else
with no authentication whatsoever. It completely defeats any hope of
accountability.
-Larry Jones
Yep, we'd probably be dead by now if it wasn't for Twinkies. -- Calvin