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Re: NewbieQ: What is wrong with this server config

From: Steve Greenland
Subject: Re: NewbieQ: What is wrong with this server config
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 13:34:33 -0600
User-agent: Mutt/1.2.5i 
On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 10:39:56AM -0800, Roger Glover wrote:
> # cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden:/home/cvsroot login
> Logging in to :pserver:address@hidden:2401/home/cvsroot
> CVS password: 
> cvs login: failed to open /root/.cvspass for reading: No such file or
> directory
> cvs [login aborted]: fatal error: exiting

This is a bug in 1.11.1. Try 'touch /root/.cvspass' and then redoing the
login command. (Hmmm, this assumes that you are logged in as root while
you are doing this, which seems to be the case given the '#' prompt.
Very bad idea.)

Steve
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