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| author | Sam Vilain <sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz> | 2010-05-15 15:07:54 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-05-19 21:02:59 -0700 |
| commit | c057bad3701682a208b72473b746de6bb5d89792 (patch) | |
| tree | 962a302998692c9dde20cc12110ad5d7032d0da0 /Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt | |
| parent | 031a027a72a62ccf45ae22dee5721e554f6ba6e9 (diff) | |
| download | git-c057bad3701682a208b72473b746de6bb5d89792.tar.gz | |
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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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt | 21 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt index 031480b154..f414245b43 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt @@ -100,16 +100,27 @@ looks like ------ 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: ------ + 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: ------ cvs -d:pserver:someuser:somepassword <at> server/path/repo.git co <HEAD_name> |