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Re: Error Connecting to remote repository
From: |
Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: Error Connecting to remote repository |
Date: |
Tue, 15 May 2001 11:09:54 -0400 (EDT) |
Amit Bakhru writes:
>
> address@hidden test]$ cvs -d
> :pserver:address@hidden:/home/cvsroot checkout test
> Fatal error, aborting.
> 11424: no such user
Your CVSROOT/passwd file is incorrectly formatted (it is *NOT* the same
as /etc/passwd). The format is:
user:password[:user to run as]
Your CVSROOT/passwd is something like:
root:xcviyusdf:11424
so CVS is trying to run as user "11424" which doesn't exist.
Also, it's a very bad idea to use CVS as "root".
-Larry Jones
Ever notice how tense grown-ups get when they're recreating? -- Calvin