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authorSam Vilain <sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz>2010-05-15 15:07:54 +0000
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-05-19 21:02:59 -0700
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git-cvsserver: use a password file cvsserver pserver
If a git repository is shared via HTTP, the config file is typically visible. Use an external file instead. Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Only anonymous access is provided by pserve by default. To commit you
-will have to create pserver accounts, simply add a [gitcvs.users]
-section to the repositories you want to access, for example:
+will have to create pserver accounts, simply add a gitcvs.authdb
+setting in the config file of the repositories you want the cvsserver
+to allow writes to, for example:
------
- [gitcvs.users]
- someuser = somepassword
- otheruser = otherpassword
+ [gitcvs]
+ authdb = /etc/cvsserver/passwd
+
+------
+The format of these files is username followed by the crypted password,
+for example:
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+ myuser:$1Oyx5r9mdGZ2
+ myuser:$1$BA)@$vbnMJMDym7tA32AamXrm./
+------
+You can use the 'htpasswd' facility that comes with Apache to make these
+files, but Apache's MD5 crypt method differs from the one used by most C
+library's crypt() function, so don't use the -m option.
+
Then provide your password via the pserver method, for example:
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cvs -d:pserver:someuser:somepassword <at> server/path/repo.git co <HEAD_name>