[cvsnt] Re: How to edit administrativ files?

[Steinar O. Cook]

"Marcus Fuchs" <Marcus_news at web.de> wrote in message
news:avhvgk$ftk$1 at sisko.nodomain.org...
> Bo Berglund wrote:
>
> > Not true, you can check out all files in the modules that exist in the
> > repository...
> > But the files you list are the ones that make up the special module
CVSROOT,
> > which
> > contains all administrative files for the CVS repository.
> >
> > Try cvs co <module name>
> > where <module name> is the name of an existing module in the repository.
>
> Think a means, why he can't co the other files (maybe created) found in
> CVSROOT (like admin or passwd).
>
> I don't know much about cvs, yet, but those files aren't handled (Right
> word?) by cvs. I think that it could be change by modifying an other
> administrative file?
>

Checking out the 'passwd' and 'admin' file is prevented for security
reasons. They must be edited in place, i.e. by having access to the file
system where CVS stores its repository.


This is also stated clearly in the manual. This functionality is very wise
if you aske me :-)