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I got it, thanks it's good to know about the admin file. but what i have to do in order to make pserver validates users throught linux password? is not enought SystemAuth=yes in CVSROOT/config? On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:16:07 +0200, Bo Berglund <bo.berglund at telia.com> wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 13:20:12 -0600, ornelyz <rnlyz at yahoo.com> wrote: > >> >> cvs [passwd aborted]: Only administrators can add or change another's >> password > > is your user mentioned in the CVSROOT/admin file? > >> all file from CVSROOT is changed through and checkout and commit >> > It is generally a bad idea to have the CVSROOT/passwd file added to > the CVSROOT module so that it is accessible on a checkout of CVSROOT! > This practice makes the security of the CVS server NIL. > passwd should only ever be manipulated by the cvs passwd command. > And as you have noticed, only the CVS admins can change the password > of other users, so the login doing the cvs passwd command in this case > must be listed in CVSROOT/admin (which also should not be a file that > is added to the CVSROOT module). > > > /Bo > (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden) -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/