From c057bad3701682a208b72473b746de6bb5d89792 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sam Vilain Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 15:07:54 +0000 Subject: git-cvsserver: use a password file cvsserver pserver MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt | 21 ++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt') 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 server/path/repo.git co -- cgit v1.2.3