Re: "No Such System User"

[Larry Jones]

address@hidden writes:
> 
> Both of the users I have tried exist on the server.  This is a new
> server and right now there are only two user accounts, mine & root.
> The passwd file looks like this:
> 
> root:*******:cvs
> craig:******:cvs

That says that both root and craig should run as the system user "cvs",
which is the system user that doesn't exist.

> If I wanted the cvs server to just use the /etc/shadow file instead
> how would I do that?

Just get rid of the CVSROOT/passwd file or remove all the entries from
it, and make sure that you haven't specified SystemAuth=no in the
CVSROOT/config file.  But please read the section of the manual on
pserver security considerations if you haven't already:

        <http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.12.13/cvs_2.html#SEC33>

-Larry Jones

It's like SOMEthing... I just can't think of it. -- Calvin