31.5. Adding and Editing Users
The CVS server requires that all clients supply a valid username and password before they can perform any operations on the repository. Users are authenticated against a list of accounts used only by the server and optionally against the standard UNIX user database from the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files. Using only the server's user list for authentication is the best option, as it gives you more control over who is allowed to connect. See the documentation for the Check users against system password file? field in Section 31.7 “Configuring the CVS Server” for more information on turning on or off UNIX authentication.
For each CVS user, you can specify the name of a UNIX user whose permissions will be used for ...
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