[cvsnt] Re: CVSROOT can only be checked out by owner

[Tony Hoyle]

Dr. Matthias St. Pierre wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> when I check out the CVSROOT directory of my repository using
> 
>    cvs -d :pserver:myself at MYSERVER:/MYREPOSITORY  checkout CVSROOT
> 
> cvs fails with the error message  "cvs server: User myself cannot read 
> CVSROOT"

Only the repository owner or administrators can checkout CVSROOT by 
default.  Before changing this think carefully about the security 
implications - ordinary users don't need to know what's in there, and it 
can give valuable information about the configuration of a server.

Tony