Re: .cvspass error on solaris

[Larry Jones]

Bruce Pennypacker writes:
> 
> cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden:/cvs login
> Logging in to :pserver:address@hidden:2401/cvs
> CVS password:
> cvs login: failed to open file://.cvspass for reading: No such file or
> directory
> cvs [login aborted]: fatal error: exiting
> 
> Why is cvs on the Solaris machine looking for //.cvspass? What do I need to
> do to prevent this error?  I found an older post suggesting to undefine HOME
> on the server but that didn't help...

There's a bug in 1.11.1p1 such that it doesn't create your ~/.cvspass
file the first time you do a login.  Simply touch the file (or create it
any other way you like) and it will work fine.  You might want to figure
out why your home directory is /, though.  (If you're trying to run CVS
as root, don't!)

-Larry Jones

I've got more brains than I know what to do with. -- Calvin