RE: Unable to connect to CVS: to Concurrent Versions System (CVS)

[Abdul . Khan]

Thanks a lot


> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Scott - Outlook [SMTP:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 04:34 PM
> To:   Khan, Abdul
> Cc:   address@hidden
> Subject:      RE: Unable to connect to CVS: to Concurrent Versions System
> (CVS)
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: 07 March 2001 10:04
> > To: address@hidden
> > Cc: address@hidden
> > Subject: RE: Unable to connect to CVS: to Concurrent Versions System
> > (CVS)
> > 
> > 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > Could any one please help me out in knowing as to why I get 
> > an error message
> > 
> > 
> > cvs server: cannot open /root/.cvsignore: Permission denied
> 
> Try changing your inetd.conf entry for cvspserver so that the cvs command
> reads something like (all on one line however):
> 
> cvspserver      stream tcp nowait root /mware/cvs/bin/cvs cvs -f
> --allow-root=/path_to_cvsroot pserver
> 
> This will stop cvs pserver from trying to look at the files in the user's
> home directory under which it runs (which is root before is changes to the
> logged in user).
> 
> > 
> > while I am import Module/checkout Module from WINCVS 1.2 (Win NT 4.0
> > platform) to CVSROOT repository(cvs 1.11) on linux platform.
> > 
> > Note: I checked out the whole of the cvs server directories 
> > but I was unable
> > to find .cvsignore file.
> 
> There can be one called cvsignore in the CVSROOT module (without the .
> prefix) and you can have one in your home directory called .cvsignore and
> also in each sub-directory of each module for specific ignores for a given
> directory.
> 
> Regards
> John.
> 
> 
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