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Re: --allow-root and init via SSH


From: Larry Jones
Subject: Re: --allow-root and init via SSH
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 16:16:03 -0500 (EST)

Gerhard Sittig writes:
> 
> So, *is* the --allow-root option evaluated for the "cvs server"
> case?

No, it is only used for :pserver:.  Historically, the user was in
complete control of the server command line, so it didn't make any sense
to try to use its contents to control what the user was allowed to do. 
Even with SSH, it has to be set up very carefully or it's totally
ineffective.  I haven't yet heard an overwhelming demand to change it.

-Larry Jones

That's one of the remarkable things about life.  It's never so
bad that it can't get worse. -- Calvin



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