cvs - error / help + more

[Adam Moreland]

Hey again

I have been trying to also see what to do from here:
http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/docs/

and it went wrong and here is output:
[root@localhost adam_laura]#  export 
CVSROOT=:pserver:[e-mail]:/cvs/docs
[root@localhost adam_laura]# export 
CVSROOT=:pserver:[e-mail]:/cvs/docs
[root@localhost adam_laura]# cvs -z3 login
Logging in to :pserver:[e-mail]:2401/cvs/docs
CVS password:
cvs login: authorization failed: server cvs.fedora.redhat.com rejected 
access to /cvs/docs for user manix
[root@localhost adam_laura]# export 
CVSROOT=:pserver:[e-mail]:/cvs/docs
[root@localhost adam_laura]# cvs -z3 login
Logging in to :pserver:[e-mail]:2401/cvs/docs
CVS password:
Fatal error, aborting.
journo_bouy: no such user
[root@localhost adam_laura]#

any ideas?? i am at a loss.

Mr Adam L Moreland (MAniX) | Registered Linux User: #417406
BA (Hons) Media Studies, 2nd Year, UoN
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System: Pentium 4 SKT478 2.8GHz Precott, AMD Athlon XP-M 2800+ | GPG Key: 
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Key fingerprint = 14F4 50F5 806C 25A5 B33C C2BF 982C 87B7 AC23 0C32
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[Tommy Reynolds]

Be sure to recheck that you've followed the steps shown on the
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/NewWriters
page, especially about getting a Fedora account as well as a Bugzilla
account.

HTH

[Adam Moreland]

I know i definatly do. I checked again and my login was manix. i set it all 
up here:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/
and this is what i used as basis, which is seen from my output. i definatly 
had the account because Karsten needed to activate access to cvsdocs as he 
wasnt getting the emails for verification, etc. He did this a few days ago.

Do you need me to set up another account. i had all the keys and set it all 
up.

Oh and i do also have a bugzilla account.

Many thanks,

Adam

Mr Adam L Moreland (MAniX) | Registered Linux User: #417406
BA (Hons) Media Studies, 2nd Year, UoN
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System: Pentium 4 SKT478 2.8GHz Precott, AMD Athlon XP-M 2800+ | GPG Key: 
AC230C32
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pub 1024D/AC230C32 2006-05-21
Key fingerprint = 14F4 50F5 806C 25A5 B33C C2BF 982C 87B7 AC23 0C32
uid Adam Moreland (MAniX)
sub 2048g/A471FCE7 2006-05-21
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> From: "Tommy Reynolds" 
> Reply-To: For participants of the Documentation Project 
>
> To: "For participants of the Documentation Project" 
>
> Subject: Re: cvs - error / help + more
> Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 09:40:31 -0500
>
> Be sure to recheck that you've followed the steps shown on the
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/NewWriters
> page, especially about getting a Fedora account as well as a Bugzilla
> account.
>
> HTH
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[Patrick W. Barnes]

On Wednesday 31 May 2006 08:26, "Adam Moreland"  
wrote:
> Hey again
>
> I have been trying to also see what to do from here:
> http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/docs/
>
> and it went wrong and here is output:
> [root@localhost adam_laura]#  export
> CVSROOT=:pserver:[e-mail]:/cvs/docs

This is for anonymous access.  The process and settings are not compatible 
with using your Fedora account.  Also, you should not be running as root.  
This is a BAD practice.  It puts your system at unnecessary risk, and sharing 
the root account, even with family, is even worse.  Set up a regular user 
account and use it instead.  When you need to perform a system-wide function, 
use 'su' or 'sudo'.  You may need to move or recreate your SSH and GPG keys 
in that new account.  Some Fedora services, including the #fedora IRC 
channel, already ban users who are running as root, and other services may 
add that security measure in the future.
> [root@localhost adam_laura]# export
> CVSROOT=:pserver:[e-mail]:/cvs/docs

This is where your problem is.  You need to use :ext:, not :pserver:.  The 
pserver method will only work for anonymous access.  The ext method must be 
used with your Fedora account.

Make sure that you correct your CVSROOT and specify SSH as the transport:

export CVS_RSH=ssh
export CVSROOT=:ext:[e-mail]:/cvs/docs

Your account is otherwise set up properly, so you should then be able to start 
checking out modules.

[Adam Moreland]

Hey

Ok, taking all said onboard. I have corrected problems with what you posted:
> This is for anonymous access.  The process and settings are not compatible
> with using your Fedora account.  Also, you should not be running as root.
> This is a BAD practice.  It puts your system at unnecessary risk, and 
> sharing
> the root account, even with family, is even worse.  Set up a regular user
> account and use it instead.  When you need to perform a system-wide 
> function,
> use 'su' or 'sudo'.  You may need to move or recreate your SSH and GPG keys
> in that new account.  Some Fedora services, including the #fedora IRC
> channel, already ban users who are running as root, and other services may
> add that security measure in the future.

my apologies for the root access, cheers for pointing out. i am using my 
regular user account.
> > [root@localhost adam_laura]# export
> > CVSROOT=:pserver:[e-mail]:/cvs/docs
>
> This is where your problem is.  You need to use :ext:, not :pserver:.  The
> pserver method will only work for anonymous access.  The ext method must be
> used with your Fedora account.
>
> Make sure that you correct your CVSROOT and specify SSH as the transport:
>
> export CVS_RSH=ssh
> export CVSROOT=:ext:[e-mail]:/cvs/docs
>
> Your account is otherwise set up properly, so you should then be able to 
> start
> checking out modules.

ok here is what i have got. I know i am close, just not close enough!!
[adam_laura@localhost ~]$ export 
CVSROOT=:ext:[e-mail]:/cvs/docs
[adam_laura@localhost ~]$ cvs -z3 login
cvs login: can only use `login' command with the 'pserver' method
cvs [login aborted]: CVSROOT: :ext:[e-mail]:/cvs/docs
[adam_laura@localhost ~]$ cvs login
cvs login: can only use `login' command with the 'pserver' method
cvs [login aborted]: CVSROOT: :ext:[e-mail]:/cvs/docs
[adam_laura@localhost ~]$ cvs co docs-common
The authenticity of host 'cvs.fedora.redhat.com (209.132.176.51)' can't be 
established.
RSA key fingerprint is dd:0d:f1:d6:e2:f6:39:cf:ca:6b:03:28:8d:84:3a:d5.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added 'cvs.fedora.redhat.com,209.132.176.51' (RSA) to 
the list of known hosts.
For more information on using the Fedora source code repositories,
please visit http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/UsingCvs
Permission denied (publickey,keyboard-interactive).
cvs [checkout aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if 
any)
[adam_laura@localhost ~]$

the above problem i see as being because it hasnt authenticated me. It looks 
like it is denying me over my ssh key or possibly gpg key. Perhaps i am not 
sending it. the above is my output so if i am just not specifying stuff i 
apologise.

and may i just end by saying thank you for all the help. I know no-one has 
to, but it is good. It is the one part of the Linux community that is the 
strongest, and is always a pleasure to be able to deal with a problem, and 
not feel like being a burden.

I apologise for taking up valuable time, but i assure all that when running, 
i learn fast and wont need to be told again.

Adam Moreland

Mr Adam L Moreland (MAniX) | Registered Linux User: #417406
BA (Hons) Media Studies, 2nd Year, UoN
****
System: Pentium 4 SKT478 2.8GHz Precott, AMD Athlon XP-M 2800+ | GPG Key: 
AC230C32
****
pub 1024D/AC230C32 2006-05-21
Key fingerprint = 14F4 50F5 806C 25A5 B33C C2BF 982C 87B7 AC23 0C32
uid Adam Moreland (MAniX)
sub 2048g/A471FCE7 2006-05-21
****

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[Tommy Reynolds]

> [adam_laura@localhost ~]$ cvs co docs-common
> The authenticity of host 'cvs.fedora.redhat.com (209.132.176.51)' can't be
> established.
> RSA key fingerprint is dd:0d:f1:d6:e2:f6:39:cf:ca:6b:03:28:8d:84:3a:d5.
> Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
> Warning: Permanently added 'cvs.fedora.redhat.com,209.132.176.51' (RSA) to
> the list of known hosts.
> For more information on using the Fedora source code repositories,
> please visit http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/UsingCvs
> Permission denied (publickey,keyboard-interactive).
> cvs [checkout aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if
> any)
> [adam_laura@localhost ~]$

Try running the cvs command using the "-t" switch to turn on tracing
of the communications.  Unless you have already set your SSH passphrase
with the ssh-add program, the first thing you should see is the CVS server
asking for your passphrase; this is how my trace starts:

$  cvs -t co -c
 -> main loop with CVSROOT=:ext:[e-mail]:/cvs/docs
 -> Starting server: /usr/bin/ssh -l jtr cvs.fedoraproject.org cvs server
For more information on using the Fedora source code repositories,
please visit http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/UsingCvs
Enter passphrase for key '/home/reynolds/.ssh/id_dsa':

cvs - success!! / help + more

[Adam Moreland]

Hey Tommy and Patrick,

I followed what you said and success!! I have access to the cvs tree and can 
see all. I am able to see the files such as ones in docs-common, but what 
commands can i issue to be able to open them, to read through and cehck for 
errors and edit (i did see you have to set a file as watched before 
editing??) i can see the tree when i issue the command cvs -t co -c, but 
what are the basic commands to open folders and open files to view and 
edit??

Obviously at this point it would be good to know just what rules there are. 
i have read the rules on the wiki, but id like to know what "In-house" 
etiqute is performed. For example to start with if i am reading through and 
notice a spelling / grammar error, a) how do i edit said file and b) whats 
is the procedure, as in do i contact the owner directly or through mailing 
list??

And again thank you for help. The solution was as said. I needed to get 
another ssh key and upload that, since i was still using a root one. this 
has been corrected and i am now a non-super user account. it was habit to 
log in to terminal and su, but i have stopped doing so.

Mr Adam L Moreland (MAniX) | Registered Linux User: #417406
BA (Hons) Media Studies, 2nd Year, UoN
****
System: Pentium 4 SKT478 2.8GHz Precott, AMD Athlon XP-M 2800+ | GPG Key: 
AC230C32
****
pub 1024D/AC230C32 2006-05-21
Key fingerprint = 14F4 50F5 806C 25A5 B33C C2BF 982C 87B7 AC23 0C32
uid Adam Moreland (MAniX)
sub 2048g/A471FCE7 2006-05-21
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> From: "Tommy Reynolds" 
> Reply-To: For participants of the Documentation Project 
>
> To: "For participants of the Documentation Project" 
>
> Subject: Re: cvs - error / help + more
> Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 16:36:13 -0500
> > [adam_laura@localhost ~]$ cvs co docs-common
> > The authenticity of host 'cvs.fedora.redhat.com (209.132.176.51)' can't be
> > established.
> > RSA key fingerprint is dd:0d:f1:d6:e2:f6:39:cf:ca:6b:03:28:8d:84:3a:d5.
> > Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
> > Warning: Permanently added 'cvs.fedora.redhat.com,209.132.176.51' (RSA) to
> > the list of known hosts.
> > For more information on using the Fedora source code repositories,
> > please visit http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/UsingCvs
> > Permission denied (publickey,keyboard-interactive).
> > cvs [checkout aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if
> > any)
> > [adam_laura@localhost ~]$
>
> Try running the cvs command using the "-t" switch to turn on tracing
> of the communications.  Unless you have already set your SSH passphrase
> with the ssh-add program, the first thing you should see is the CVS server
> asking for your passphrase; this is how my trace starts:
>
> $  cvs -t co -c
> -> main loop with CVSROOT=:ext:[e-mail]:/cvs/docs
> -> Starting server: /usr/bin/ssh -l jtr cvs.fedoraproject.org cvs server
> For more information on using the Fedora source code repositories,
> please visit http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/UsingCvs
> Enter passphrase for key '/home/reynolds/.ssh/id_dsa':
>
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cvs - success!! / help + more

[Paul W. Frields]

Adam, some comments follow...

On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 08:40 +0000, Adam Moreland wrote:
> I followed what you said and success!! I have access to the cvs tree and can 
> see all. I am able to see the files such as ones in docs-common, but what 
> commands can i issue to be able to open them, to read through and cehck for 
> errors and edit (i did see you have to set a file as watched before 
> editing??) i can see the tree when i issue the command cvs -t co -c, but 
> what are the basic commands to open folders and open files to view and 
> edit??
>
> Obviously at this point it would be good to know just what rules there are. 
> i have read the rules on the wiki, but id like to know what "In-house" 
> etiqute is performed. For example to start with if i am reading through and 
> notice a spelling / grammar error, a) how do i edit said file and b) whats 
> is the procedure, as in do i contact the owner directly or through mailing 
> list??

Adam, it is not a good idea to just start editing documents without
checking with the owner first.  This is especially true since you are
just starting with the project and we haven't seen any of your existing
documentation work.  I am sure you will do a good job, though.  What you
might want to do is start by looking at the drafts available in the wiki
at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts and seeing what you can
help with there.  We need help with the Getting Started Guide, the
Desktop Users Guide, and so forth.  Feel free to pitch in since you get
much more immediate results there!
> And again thank you for help. The solution was as said. I needed to get 
> another ssh key and upload that, since i was still using a root one. this 
> has been corrected and i am now a non-super user account. it was habit to 
> log in to terminal and su, but i have stopped doing so.

We have a number of people in the Docs Project who are experienced Linux
people and will be happy to lend their expertise.  You may want to make
a habit of checking in and hanging out on IRC at #fedora-docs and
meeting some of our wonderful contributors.  Hope to see you there!

Wiki Contributions

[Adam Moreland]

Hello all,

Hope day is going well for everyone. Right i have just one last question and 
it relates to wiki submission and contribution. I have posted back the 
message from Paul to give context, and my query is below that message. Many 
thanks,
> From: "Paul W. Frields" 
> Reply-To: For participants of the Documentation Project 
>
> To: For participants of the Documentation Project 
>
> Subject: Re: cvs - success!! / help + more
> Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:07:03 -0500
>
> Adam, it is not a good idea to just start editing documents without
> checking with the owner first.  This is especially true since you are
> just starting with the project and we haven't seen any of your existing
> documentation work.  I am sure you will do a good job, though.  What you
> might want to do is start by looking at the drafts available in the wiki
> at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts and seeing what you can
> help with there.  We need help with the Getting Started Guide, the
> Desktop Users Guide, and so forth.  Feel free to pitch in since you get
> much more immediate results there!

Above has been noted...I have lots of ideas for some of these guides and 
would be interested in helping beef them out and check grammar. I set up an 
account AdamMoreland, but i cant edit the pages...Can you tell me how i can 
edit the wiki, and how i can add new content. If there are procedures, like 
first submitting to the list, then thats fine too. JUts need to know how i 
can get on and help make the wikis better and beefier...
> We have a number of people in the Docs Project who are experienced Linux
> people and will be happy to lend their expertise.  You may want to make
> a habit of checking in and hanging out on IRC at #fedora-docs and
> meeting some of our wonderful contributors.  Hope to see you there!

I will be on irc too, see you all there!!

MAniX

Mr Adam L Moreland (MAniX) | Registered Linux User: #417406
BA (Hons) Media Studies, 2nd Year, UoN
****
System: Pentium 4 SKT478 2.8GHz Precott, AMD Athlon XP-M 2800+ | GPG Key: 
AC230C32
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Key fingerprint = 14F4 50F5 806C 25A5 B33C C2BF 982C 87B7 AC23 0C32
uid Adam Moreland (MAniX)
sub 2048g/A471FCE7 2006-05-21
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Wiki Contributions

[Paul W. Frields]

On Fri, 2006-06-02 at 11:34 +0000, Adam Moreland wrote:
> Above has been noted...I have lots of ideas for some of these guides and 
> would be interested in helping beef them out and check grammar. I set up an 
> account AdamMoreland, but i cant edit the pages...Can you tell me how i can 
> edit the wiki, and how i can add new content. If there are procedures, like 
> first submitting to the list, then thats fine too. JUts need to know how i 
> can get on and help make the wikis better and beefier...

I've added you to the wiki EditGroup so you should now see an "Edit"
link on the right-side navigation bar for pages.  You should also go to
your UserPreferences page, and make sure your watch list includes the
following line:

Docs.*

This will ensure that anything in our Docs namespace will trigger an
email to you when changed.  Almost all of us watch these pages as well,
so we can see what's being edited and apply fixes where necessary.  Pay
attention to pages you have edited -- if someone is coming in after you
and "sweeping up," you can get hints from that on how to do a better job
the next time.  Don't take it personally, we all want to make things
better.  Good luck and thanks for your contributions!

[Patrick W. Barnes]

On Wednesday 31 May 2006 15:26, "Adam Moreland"  
wrote:
> ok here is what i have got. I know i am close, just not close enough!!
> [adam_laura@localhost ~]$ export
> CVSROOT=:ext:[e-mail]:/cvs/docs

Good.
> [adam_laura@localhost ~]$ cvs -z3 login
> cvs login: can only use `login' command with the 'pserver' method
> cvs [login aborted]: CVSROOT: :ext:[e-mail]:/cvs/docs
> [adam_laura@localhost ~]$ cvs login
> cvs login: can only use `login' command with the 'pserver' method
> cvs [login aborted]: CVSROOT: :ext:[e-mail]:/cvs/docs

As the error indicates, there's no need to run the 'cvs login' command.
> [adam_laura@localhost ~]$ cvs co docs-common
> The authenticity of host 'cvs.fedora.redhat.com (209.132.176.51)' can't be
> established.
> RSA key fingerprint is dd:0d:f1:d6:e2:f6:39:cf:ca:6b:03:28:8d:84:3a:d5.
> Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
> Warning: Permanently added 'cvs.fedora.redhat.com,209.132.176.51' (RSA) to
> the list of known hosts.
> For more information on using the Fedora source code repositories,
> please visit http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/UsingCvs
> Permission denied (publickey,keyboard-interactive).
> cvs [checkout aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if
> any)
>
> the above problem i see as being because it hasnt authenticated me. It
> looks like it is denying me over my ssh key or possibly gpg key. Perhaps i
> am not sending it. the above is my output so if i am just not specifying
> stuff i apologise.

There's no GPG-checking for CVS usage.  This error is most likely a SSH key 
mismatch.  Make sure that ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub matches what you've uploaded to 
the Account System.  If you didn't move your old key after switching from 
root to your regular user account, then you might not even have an SSH key 
under that user account, depending upon where your key was originally 
created.  If you're not sure, there would be no harm in uploading the key to 
the Account System again.  Once the key is uploaded, it may take up to an 
hour for the key to propagate to the CVS server.