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Hi You can create an admin file in CVSROOT in the repository. It shall contain your name on a single line et voila - you're an administrator ;-) Regards, anders > -----Original Message----- > From: KKolle at gkservices.com [mailto:KKolle at gkservices.com] > Sent: 11. november 2002 22:22 > To: cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook; cvsnt-admin at cvsnt.org > Subject: [cvsnt] Cannot add users to cvs > > > Hi friends, > > I'm having a problem setting up users and I have some questions on CVS NT > security. > Here is my scenario: > (I'm using Win2000 server) > > I installed CVSNT 1.11.1.3 (Build 57j). Here is a copy of the DOS command > window: > C:\Documents and Settings\kkolle>set > cvsroot=:ntserver:a0986:/test > > C:\Documents and Settings\kkolle>cvs passwd -a kkolle > Adding user kkolle at a0986 > New password: **** > Verify password: **** > cvs [server aborted]: Only administrators can add users > > I am in the Administrator group on the box. In this URL, > http://w1.858.telia.com/~u85831169/InstallCVSNT.html#InstallSteps, there > is a > section titled "Administrating the repository, users with admin rights." I > manually created an admin file with kkolle as the only line in it. > I'm attempting to add myself as a user to CVSNT. > Do I have to be logged into CVS as the admin user of CVS? Or, is this > referring > to the admin group on NT? > > I want to use NT authentication, but how can I add users initially if I > don't > know their NT password? Doesn't a user's password on the client (like > wincvs) > need to match the password on the server? > If so, when a user's nt password gets changed, how does the password file > on the > cvs server get changed to match the new password? Is there some > documentation on > this that I may have missed? > > Will sspi ease my pains if I don't go with nt authentication? note: I > don't need > access to cvs outside of my network at this point, so I probably don't > need sspi > now. > > I also found this post: > http://www.cvsnt.org/pipermail/cvsnt/2002-February/000532.html > > Any good suggestions for a newbie installer of cvsnt? > Thanks in advance. > > > _______________________________________________ > cvsnt mailing list > cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook > http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt https://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/en.asp#downcvs