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I am also experiencing the same problem. I followed the older install instructions and still get the same error: cvs [login aborted]: no such user <DOMAIN\USER> in CVSROOT/passwd "Bo Berglund" <bo.berglund at telia.com> wrote in message news:<5vott09mfkla16qfa52rmatss1d243sl4t at 4ax.com>... > On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 04:34:41 -0800 (PST), Andre Selton > <aselton at yahoo.com> wrote: > > > - Now I try to follow the FAQ on > >(http://www.devguy.com/fp/cfgmgmt/cvs/cvs_admin_nt.htm), > >in the answer to the question 'How do I set up > >pserver?'. > > > > - on the step 2 it says : "Create an empty file > >.passwd in the directory referenced by the HOME > >environment variable for the SYSTEM user (or the user > >that runs he CVS service)". Well I do not have a HOME > >enviroment variable set, so I set it to > >c:\cvstest\home and create this empty .passwd file > >there. > > Don't do this. CVSNT does not use such a file. > > > - on the step 5 it says to create the passwd file in > >the CVSROOT directory. So I create the > >C:\cvstest\test\CVSROOT\passwd file. > > Don't do this! CVSNT uses the cvs passwd command to manage the > passwords for pserver. > > > > > Any idea of how make this work ? > > > > Perhaps you can use this (a bit outdated) start guide: > http://web.telia.com/~u86216121/InstallCVSNT.html > or > http://www.cvsnt.org/wiki/InstallationTips > > > > /Bo > (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)