Re: No such user !

[boxfly]

boxfly wrote:

> Hi,
> I've got a stange error message with cvs.
> How did I install it: I installed it with apt-get from my Debian.
>
> 1) /etc/inetd.conf:
> cvspserver      stream  tcp     nowait.400      root    /usr/sbin/tcpd 
> /usr/sbin/cvs-pserver --allow-root=/var/lib/cvs
> 2) ls -l /var/lib
> drwxrwsr-x    3 root     src          4096 Sep 29 20:15 cvs
> 3) cat /var/lib/cvs/CVSROOT/passwd
> fly:$1$dQ8SdJoA$6jNn5PLEfCfNq3/7jFeV90:cvsuser
> 4) /var/lib/cvs/CVSROOT/writers
> fly
> 5) export of the user fly:
> export CVSROOT=:pserver:address@hidden:/var/lib/cvs
>
> The user fly can login without any troubles but when I do:
> cvs import -m "Management Clients Companies project" mcc ostium start
>
> I 've got an error message:
> Fatal error, aborting.
> cvsuser: no such user
>
> What did I do wrong ! The user fly can login with I think writer 
> privilege but can't create a project !!! Why, what is this error message ?
>
> Thanks for any help.


Tobias wrote:
I'm replying privately and not to the list, because I haven't used pserver
for many years, and I don't remember very well how it should be
configurated.

I do have a hunch that the passwd file above is describing that when the
cvsuser "fly" logs into cvs, then cvs should change userid to the system
user "cvsuser", which doesn't exist in /etc/passwd.  Try adding the user
cvsuser in /etc/passwd, or use the "adduser" command to add the user.


Special thanks to Tobias who replied privately ans was right.

I add to do this too:
chown cvsuser /var/lib/cvs

Now, everythings seems to work correctly.