Re: .cvspass file

[Larry Jones]

Sequeira, Brian writes:
>  
> I needed some help here trying to figure out what exactly is wrong with my
> CVS passwd. I had to change my login passwds on the UNIX boxes and my cvs
> passwd changed as well.

Was it just the password that changed, or did the username change too?

> dev003> cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden:/usr/local/cvsroot login
> (Logging in to address@hidden)
> CVS password: (login gives no error not sure if I even get logged in, but in
> the next step when I try to run a cvs command)
> dev003> cvs up -d *
> cvs update: cannot find password
> cvs [update aborted]: use "cvs login" to log in first

That means that CVS can't find a password to go with the username it has
remembered in one of the directories you're trying to update.  Look in
CVS/Root to see the CVSROOT that CVS has remembered and either correct
it if it's wrong, or use it to login and specify a password.

-Larry Jones

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