Re: Secure CVS: Have yous seen this?
Georg Bauer wrote:
> >What is the difference between this and using ssh as rsh replacement
> >with cvs?
>
> One problem with cvs with ssh as an rsh replacement is, you have to give
> the users shell-accounts on your machine to be able to use it. But maybe
> you don't want to do this, maybe you just want to givem them access to the
> cvs functionality and nothing else ...
However, it is possible to set up ssh over cvs in a way that allows you to
give users accounts that can only be used to access the cvs archives. It
works very similarly to how debian's push mirror setup works, in fact I
based it on that (so if a hole is found in this, debian's mirror setup
likely has a problem too..)
For details:
http://kitenet.net/programs/perlmoo/sshcvs/
This can even support anonymous read-only cvs access.
--
see shy jo
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