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Re: Allow root question
From: |
Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: Allow root question |
Date: |
Tue, 1 Apr 2003 15:56:36 -0500 (EST) |
Edward MacGillivray writes:
>
> I have successfully configured it so that cvs works under xinetd, however the
> problem is in regard to the "root" of the repository. Previously the root
> was /cvsroot, and now when I ask for a status of already checked out material
> it indicates that the root is unknown. This I understand is because the
> --allow-root argument is /path/to/root/jail/cvsroot. If I manually change
> the CVS/root files to use the full path (/path/to/root/jail/cvsroot), it then
> performs that status normally.
That implies that CVS used to be run in a chroot() jail. For example:
chroot /path/to/root/jail /usr/local/bin/cvs -f --allow-root=/cvsroot
pserver
-Larry Jones
I've got more brains than I know what to do with. -- Calvin