Subject: Re: using CVS while root
To: None <netbsd-help@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Sean Witham <Sean.Witham@asa.co.uk>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/20/1998 10:39:38
Is there an option to allow it log root ?

--Sean

On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Brett Lymn wrote:

> 
> The CVS code checks your user name.  I suppose they do it so it is
> easier to track who committed the changes.  There are a couple of
> things you can do 1) log in as a normal user and then su to root - the
> cvs commit will be done in that user's name but override any
> permissions or 2) change the ownership of the source tree to be a
> normal user so there are no permission problems (this is what I do but
> I am the only one using the machine).
> 
> -- 
> Brett Lymn, Computer Systems Administrator, British Aerospace Australia
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