Re: Creating a pserver on Mac OSX

[Larry Jones]

Dave Carlton writes:
> 
> cvs [login aborted]: authorization failed: server localhost 
> rejected access
> when trying to login. Here is what I have done:

What version of CVS are you using?  The current release (1.11.1p1) has
better error messages that you may find helpful (it also has a number of
bug fixes).  But in this case, the problem is obvious (to the
experienced observer):

> Added line inetd.conf:
> cvspserver    stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/bin/cvs cvs 
> --allow-root=/Volumes/Data/cvs/ pserver
> 
> Try to log into localhost:
> cd /Sources/CVS
> cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden:/cvs login
> (Logging in to address@hidden)
> CVS password:
> cvs [login aborted]: authorization failed: server localhost 
> rejected access

The repository you specified, "/cvs", doesn't match the --allow-root
option in inetd.conf, "/Volumes/Data/cvs/" (which shouldn't have that
trailing "/" on it and there should also be a "-t" global option in the
command).

-Larry Jones

Nobody knows how to pamper like a Mom. -- Calvin