[cvsnt] (no subject) admin user

Richard Kerry Richard.Kerry at bbc.co.uk
Thu Apr 21 16:17:02 BST 2005


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Thank you but ....

I've just tried that and I still don't get the administrator's ability
to change log messages.
Do I need to restart the server ?
Can the new 'admin' file have comments in it ?  (Tried with and without,
neither let me use the command).

Uncertainly,
Richard.

-----Original Message-----
From: cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org [mailto:cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org] On Behalf
Of Richard Wirth
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 3:52 PM
To: Richard Kerry
Subject: Re: [cvsnt] (no subject)

Hello Richard,

Thursday, April 21, 2005, 4:39:21 PM, you wrote:


RK> Just tried a 'cvs admin -m' command (via graph|change log
RK> message) to change a log message and got:

RK> cvs [server aborted]: usage is restricted to repository 
RK> administrators

RK> How do I tell cvs that I am the administrator ?
RK> Cederqvist says Unix cvs has a cvsadmin group but that WinNT 
RK> doesn't, but I'm using Windows (server is under Server 2003, client 
RK> is XP) and it obviously does.  I've added a group cvsadmin, with me 
RK> in it, but that hasn't made it work.

RK> Actually, now found the entry in CvsNt manual.  It appears I'd need 
RK> to be in the Administrators group, which I don't want to be.  Is 
RK> there any other way of getting the admin command without this 
RK> potentially dangerous step ?

create a file named 'admin' in your repository/CVSROOT and add all the
users you want to be cvsadmins (one per line) - that's it.

--
Best regards,
 Richard                            mailto:r.wirth at wirthware.de

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