Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 11:54:29 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@overcee.netplex.com.au> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@freebsd.org>, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/cvs/src commit.c Message-ID: <19991101115429.H51160@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: <19991025094722.50443@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com>; from grog@lemis.com on Mon, Oct 25, 1999 at 09:47:22AM -0600 References: <199910250624.XAA66308@freefall.freebsd.org> <19991025094722.50443@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com>
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On Mon, Oct 25, 1999 at 09:47:22AM -0600, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Sunday, 24 October 1999 at 23:24:11 -0700, Peter Wemm wrote: > > peter 1999/10/24 23:24:11 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > contrib/cvs/src commit.c > > Log: > > If running on the client side of a remote commit, don't reject root when > > trying to do a commit. The server side will use the correct name, and the > > client side restriction is just an annoyance. > > Do you mean the contents of CVS/Root? I mean, doing this as root (uid 0): cvs -d peter@freefall.freebsd.org:/home/ncvs checkout foo cd foo <hack hack> cvs commit <fails with: "you cannot commit files as root" even though the server is running as "peter"> Sure, don't run as root etc on a client but when you've got a throw-away client installation with no users other than root, it's just a pest. :-) -Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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