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Hi I went thru the list of files under the CVSROOT directory but couldn't find a file named admin. I even enabled the "show hidden files option" but still couldn't find the admin file. I am not sure what needs to be done to get administartive priviliges on the database. Thanks and regards Arvind --- Bo Berglund <Bo.Berglund at system3r.se> wrote: > I am not really sure about that, but I have seen > mention of a special > file CVSROOT/admin which contains a list of users > who are granted the > permission to operate as repository admins and thus > add/modify the > passwd file. > If this is so I guess that by adding the intended > users to such a file > should do the trick. > > This comes from a recent post by Tony Hoyle, talking > about the admin file: > > "Looking at the current code it seems to require a > linefeed at the end of > the last name (otherwise it misses it). That's a > bug that'll probably > end up as a FAQ if I don't fix it :-)" > > /Bo > > -----Original Message----- > From: Arvind Raman > [mailto:arvind_raman_tech at yahoo.com] > Sent: den 18 mars 2002 08:11 > To: Cvsnt at cvsnt.org > Subject: [Cvsnt] aliasing as Admin > > > How do we create an administrative login for a CVS > database. > Is there a way on setting that "an user and only > this > user" could have administrative rights on the > database. For instance he is the only person who can > add and delete users and change passwords for the > users. > Early today in Bo Berglund email I read that one > could > alias as an admin. Could anybody elaborate on that. > > Thanks > Arvind > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage > http://sports.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Cvsnt mailing list > Cvsnt at cvsnt.org > http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt https://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/en.asp#downcvs __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Cvsnt mailing list Cvsnt at cvsnt.org http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt https://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/en.asp#downcvs