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Re: NewbieQ: What is wrong with this server config
From: |
Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: NewbieQ: What is wrong with this server config |
Date: |
Thu, 8 Nov 2001 15:02:27 -0500 (EST) |
Roger Glover writes:
>
> # 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
Why are you running CVS as root? It's generally a very bad idea to run
*anything* as root unless you absolutely have to, and there's no good
reason for having to run CVS as root.
That's a bug in 1.11.1p1 -- just touch the file (or otherwise create an
empty file).
-Larry Jones
How many presents do you think I'd forfeit for just one
clean smack upside Susie's head? -- Calvin
- Re: NewbieQ: What is wrong with this server config, (continued)
- Re: NewbieQ: What is wrong with this server config, Roger Glover, 2001/11/06
- Re: NewbieQ: What is wrong with this server config, Roger Glover, 2001/11/06
- Re: NewbieQ: What is wrong with this server config, Rudolf Körner, 2001/11/07
- Re: NewbieQ: What is wrong with this server config, Roger Glover, 2001/11/07
- Re: NewbieQ: What is wrong with this server config, Roger Glover, 2001/11/07
- Re: NewbieQ: What is wrong with this server config, Roger Glover, 2001/11/08
- Re: NewbieQ: What is wrong with this server config, Roger Glover, 2001/11/16