[Cvsnt] Change HOME for system user - cvsignore problem

Tony Hoyle tmh at nothing-on.tv
Tue Mar 19 10:36:42 GMT 2002


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M. Leinmueller wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Maybe it seems a stupid question, but it gives me quite a headache:
> How do I create/change the HOME environment variable for the SYSTEM user?
> (or change temporarily HOME when starting cvsservice?)
>
> Background:
> On my company PC the HOME variable seems to default to a network drive.
> Trying to checkout files gives a permission denied error for the
> ".cvsignore" file that is expected on the network drive.
> Full log from WinCVS "cvs server: cannot open h:/.cvsignore: Permission
> denied".
> WinCVS ignores this error, but cvs used through Eclipse doesn't :-(

That's a seriously broken configuration....  The System user is called
LocalSystem for a reason - it only makes sense on the local system.
LocalSystem in fact has no rights on the network and can't access
network shares.

Tony

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