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cvs security - ssh vs pserver?



i'd like to make some code available to collaborators via cvs.  it appears
that i have a choice to make:

1. use pserver

2. use "ext" (ssh)

i just found out that using method 2, you can't assign a shell of /bin/false.
cvs won't work.   so option 2 also means "giving a shell account on my
machine".

both these options seem insecure.  i have to admit, i'm really not crazy
about giving out shell accounts.

any thoughts?  is pserver really as insecure as dpkg claims in the
configuration of the package?

pete


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