problems using commitinfo

[Mark]

Hi,
I'm trying to set up a validation script using the commitinfo handler for 
cvs. However although my tests work for validating files,
in situ it doesnt work as I have found that the temporary cvs file that is 
supposed to be written to the repository is not written.
( I found this out by inserting a system("/bin/sh") at suitable point in the 
script, and then looking at the filesystem ).
My code always fails reporting a File not found error.


ok, first thing that comes to mind is that its a permissions issue. However 
I seem to be in the right groups , and I am able to commit
files to the repository otherwise when commitinfo has not been modified ( 
i.e cvs process has write access to the repository ).
The other thing that comes to mind is that it could be a config issue, since 
I am using a cvs instance recently set up by me , not the
main development cvs that we use.

Any help gratefully received.


Mark



here are some outputs that might be useful.

xinet.d info

service cvspserver2
{
  disable       = no
  socket_type      = stream
  wait             = no
  user             = cvs
  group            = cvs
  log_type         = FILE /var/log/cvspserver2
  protocol         = tcp
  env              = '$HOME=/home/cvs'
#  bind             = 10.10.10.10
#  log_on_failure  += USERID
  port             = 2402
  server           = /usr/bin/cvs
  server_args = -f --allow-root=/home/mswinson/cvs pserver
}

permissions on directory testsandbox

drwxrwxr-x    3 mswinson mswinson     4096 Dec 19 13:00 .
drwxrwxrwx    4 cvs      cvs          4096 Dec 14 12:00 ..
-r--r--r--    1 mswinson mswinson     3809 Dec 14 16:09 devprocess.html,v
drwxrwxr-x    2 mswinson mswinson     4096 Dec 19 13:00 dir
-r--r--r--    1 mswinson mswinson     2092 Dec 14 16:09 emergency.html,v
-r--r--r--    1 mswinson mswinson     2027 Dec 14 16:09 
emergency-invalid.html,v
-r--r--r--    1 mswinson mswinson     6337 Dec 14 16:09 intro.html,v
-r--r--r--    1 mswinson mswinson     1147 Dec 14 15:59 newfile,v
-r--r--r--    1 mswinson mswinson     4841 Dec 14 16:09 projects.html,v
-r--r--r--    1 mswinson mswinson      175 Dec 14 14:11 test2.txt,v
-r--r--r--    1 mswinson mswinson      579 Dec 14 13:43 testfile.txt,v
-r-xr-xr-x    1 mswinson mswinson    35212 Dec 14 16:09 trade.cgi,v
-r-xr-xr-x    1 mswinson mswinson    35934 Dec 14 17:06 trade-invalid.cgi,v

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