Re: cvs pam patch

[Brian Murphy]

Andrew P Higginbotham wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to get CVS working with PAM, and encountered a problem 
> that it seems should have been fixed by this patch
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cvs/2005-01/msg00149.html
>
> I am using cvs1-12-12, and it doesn't look as though the patch has 
> been applied to server.c in that package. Is this intentional?
>
> Of course, I may just be confused...
>
> ~Andrew
The error comes also a result of misconfiguration. The patch should be 
applied.
Have you followed the pam configuration details in the cvs manual?
In particular you need a /etc/pam.d/cvs with an appropriate configuration
including a session, authentication and account line.

/Brian