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cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org wrote on 10/20/2006 10:57:51 AM: > Use :pserver: (or whatever) to access localhost. Use file-level ACLs to keep > your users out... only allow the cvsnt service to read/write the > repository. > > > > > I believe, as Gerhard suggests, the file system ACLs are required. > > Perhaps even as far as running the CVS server as another user > > (in Unix terms, as a "SETUID" application) which does have > > access to the repository. > > That's the simplest solution. no, the simplest solution is to not use a "server" at all. :local: is the simplest solution, and you don't have to worry about firewalls, services running as UIDs, or making sure services are running while users are trying to do cvs operations. It's all local. Brian