On Sun, 10 Mar 2002, Patrick Nelson wrote:
> Nope that doesn't work. The commits seem to work but then there is an error
> of the nature of:
>
> cvs commit: Examining .
> Checking in il.txt;
> /usr/local/cvsroot/bon/il/il.txt,v <-- il.txt
> new revision: 1.3; previous revision: 1.2
>
Gordon Messmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> You're still exploring this as if the repository needs to be owned by
> root, which it does not. There is no reason to fight against the
> no-root restriction in cvs. Just don't use the tool as root.
The OP asked how to access cvs as root without er
On Mon, 2002-03-11 at 08:24, Harry Putnam wrote:
>
> Seems like quite a lot of huffing and puffing. Although, I'm
> certainly not an expert on cvs. wouldn't this have done the job?
>
> First this assumes sudo is installed and your user is allowed to
> sudo all.
> ===
Patrick Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> OK so after browsing through the book Gordon suggested, I got an idea. So I
> tested it out and it worked within the environment that I need it to. Here
> is the way I did it:
>
> user="pnelson"
> cvslocal="/usr/local/cvsrep"
>
> mkdir .bon
> chown $
On Sun, 2002-03-10 at 23:45, Patrick Nelson wrote:
...
> OK so after browsing through the book Gordon suggested, I got an idea. So I
> tested it out and it worked within the environment that I need it to. Here
> is the way I did it:
>
> user="pnelson"
> cvslocal="/usr/local/cvsrep"
I guess tha
Patrick Nelson wrote:
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Setting the repository as a normal user (i.e. my username) and the group
name as cvs (yep has the proper people there, include my username) did not
change any of the errors.
The book seem good so I will read through it. However, a quick glance into
ver
Gordon Messmer wrote:
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Set the repository up as a normal user, not root. For lots of
information on cvs, read the cvs book here:
http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/
-
Setting the repository as a normal user (i.e. my username) and the group
name as cvs (yep has th
On Sun, 2002-03-10 at 13:56, Patrick Nelson wrote:
> Bill Crawford wrote:
> -
> Try running the commit like "su $user -c 'cvs commit ...'"
> Restrictions on doing things as root are usually there with good reason, I'd
> try to figure a way of avoiding it.
> Can you not run the
Bill Crawford wrote:
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Try running the commit like "su $user -c 'cvs commit ...'"
Restrictions on doing things as root are usually there with good reason, I'd
try to figure a way of avoiding it.
Can you not run the root stuff in one screen/terminal and the cvs stuff in
another?
Patrick Nelson wrote:
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Bill Crawford
Try running the commit like "su $user -c 'cvs commit ...'"
Restrictions on doing things as root are usually there with good reason, I'd
try to figure a way of avoiding it.
Can you not run the root stuff in one screen/terminal and the cvs st
On Sat, 9 Mar 2002, Patrick Nelson wrote:
> I get an error that says "cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as
> 'root'"
Try running the commit like "su $user -c 'cvs commit ...'"
> So I'm wondering what the problem is. Is it that I can't be su to run cvs?
> The problem is that the files
Patrick Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> So I'm wondering what the problem is. Is it that I can't be su to run cvs?
> The problem is that the files I'm creating come from the output of commands
> that are run as root user. I'd rather not su the exit and then commit. So
> I guess I'm asking
On Sat, 2002-03-09 at 23:09, Patrick Nelson wrote:
>
> Decided that I wanted to test something out and so I sent up a local
> repository ($cvslocal = /usr/local/cvsroot) using the command:
...
>
> I get an error that says "cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as
> 'root'"
Set the reposit
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