Re: off-topic! Anonymous CVS access?

["Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>]

Tom Lees wrote:
  >1. Put a file "passwd" in $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/,
  >   containing a line like this:-
  >   
  >anonymous:tLE75Q0w/AnU2
  >
  >The password is "anonymous". Generate it like this:-
  >
  >echo 'main(){printf("%s\n",crypt("password","tL"));}'>t.c; \
  >	gcc -o t t.c -lcrypt; ./t; rm t t.c
  >
  >NB, replace "tL" with two random characters, and "password" with your desire
      >d
  >password.
 
The package `makepasswd' provides an easier command line...

   makepasswd --crypt --clear=your_password

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