Re: ssh and cvs login, but no user login

From: Stephan Seitz (Nur-Ab-Sal_at_gmx.de)
Date: 04/29/03 

Date: 29 Apr 2003 11:13:03 GMT

Hi!

Dimitri Maziuk <dima@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> Set up a dedicated user for cvs access. Add public keys of all
> CVS users to this user's authorized_keys file with
> "command=/usr/bin/cvs server" prepended to them (you probably
> want to add no-port-forwarding, no-x11-forwarding, and
> no-agent-forwarding as well; see TFM). Lock down the password
> for cvs user (but give him a valid shell).
>
> Clients will use "cvs -d :ext:cvs@your.server:/repository" to
> access the repository.

Thanks. The problem with this solution is, that you don't see in the
cvs history who changed something since everyone contacts the server
as user cvs.

So the chroot solution might be better.

Shade and sweet water!

        Stephan 

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