Re: CVS over ssh question
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Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 23:51:28 -0400
In <uncfnsc0kgildc@corp.supernews.com>, Tom Maddox wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> Sorry for the cross-post, but I've got an obscure question, and I'm not
> sure what the best forum for it is.
>
> Here's the scenario:
> The company I'm at wants a remote group of developers to be able to
> access our CVS repository securely over an encrypted connection, to
> which end I've set up ssh tunneling. I've got that working fine, but
> another requirement has been put on me, namely that the remote
> developers not be allowed shell access to the CVS machine, and I can't
> figure out a good way to accomplish that while still allowing CVS access
> over ssh.
>
> I've tried using /bin/false as a shell as well as a simple text file
> containing an error message, but both cause ssh to return an error code
> and drop the connection. Basically, it seems like I need a shell that
> will do nothing while a user is connected. Anyone have a suggestion?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
In your .cshrc do the following
setenv CVS_RSH ssh
then you can set your CVSROOT to
setenv CVSROOT :ext:user@remote_machinename:/cvs_path
That's all you have to do to make CVS work over SSH.
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