FC4 cvs pserver login issue

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Chan, Eddie wrote:

> Any one has any idea how to resolve this problem?
>
> Thanks,
> EDDIE
>
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> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Chan, Eddie
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 11:58 AM
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> Subject: FC4 cvs pserver login issue
>
> All,
>
> I have set up the cvs pserver on FC4 following the proper procedure.
> However when I try to run the cvs login, I got the following problem.
>
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> $ cvs -d :pserver:echan at torpedo.corp.cmates.com:/mycvsroot login
> Logging in to :pserver:echan at torpedo.corp.cmates.com:2401/mycvsroot
> CVS password:
> cvs [login aborted]: unrecognized auth response from
> torpedo.corp.cmates.com: cv
> s pserver: cannot open /mycvsroot/CVSROOT/config: Permission denied
> -----------------

SELinux issue?  Anything suspicious in /var/log/audit/audit.log?  What 
happens when you run "setenforce 0" on the server and try again?

>
> I searched the web and it seems that some people have the similar issue.
> But I couldn't find a solution to resolve my problem. Can someone help?
>
> I don't think the cvs pserver set up issue. I can telnet to the 2401
> port and got the response.
>
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> $ telnet torpedo.corp.cmates.com 2401
> Trying 172.20.44.83...
> Connected to torpedo.corp.cmates.com.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> foo
> cvs [pserver aborted]: bad auth protocol start: foo
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> ------------------
>
> The files under /mycvsroot/CVSROOT/ can be accessible by anyone. I don't
> know why it complained about the permission issue.
>
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> I even did a strace and got the similar result...
> 3957  mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS,
> -1, 0)
> = 0xb7fb6000
> 3957  read(0, "BEGIN VERIFICATION REQUEST\n/mycv"..., 1024) = 79
> 3957  open("/mycvsroot/CVSROOT/config", O_RDONLY) = -1 EACCES
> (Permission denied
> )
> -----------------
>
> Any help is appreciated...
>
> Thanks,
> EDDIE
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