cvs CVSROOT/config: Permission denied error

[jasonlambert]

Heya,

Im trying to get a chroot()'ed cvs server setup.

I am using "cvsd" which is a chroot wrapper for the cvs pserver.
The cvs session is *not* going to be encrypted.

I have got to the stage where i have created my cvs server chroot directory with cvsd-buildroot and have added users using cvsd-passwd.

my CVSROOT environment variable is server:jason@localhost:/src

When i run: "cvs co <projectname>"

I get this error message:

cvs [checkout aborted]: unrecognized auth response from localhost: cvs pserver: cannot open /src/CVSROOT/config: Permission denied

the file is world read/writable:

root@london:/usr/local/src/test# ls -al /data/chroot/cvs/src/CVSROOT/config
-rw-rw-rw-    1 root     root          990 Feb 26 15:37 /data/chroot/cvs/src/CVSROOT/config

I have the user "jason" in my CVSROOT/readers file and CVSROOT/writers files.

I have also tried restarting cvsd.

cvsd version: cvsd-1.0.1
cvs verion: cvs-1.11.11

Any ideas on where to go from here?

Thanks,

Jason

[jasonlambert]

ok, ive got it...

For whatever reason the CVSROOT/config and CVSROOT/.#config need to be "executable", so chmodding them 760 and chowning them cvsd:cvsd has done the trick.

Cheers,

Jason

[gwung]

Hi Jason,

I encountered the same issue. From XP, I use TortoiseCVS and it is saying CVSROOT, permission denied. In an attempt to get rid of the permissions issue, I chmod 777 for the repository root, CVSROOT, .config, .#config. Still no use. Can you help?

TIA.

[volter619]

I met the same problem too..
I don't know what and how to do .
I had granted all to user but still got the error,,
can someone help me ?
thanks in advaned

[prasad_ark]

Hi,

Did any one faces a similar proble mand got it resolved.If so please post.Thanks in advance.