[cvsnt] Re: Authentication problems

Tony Hoyle tony.hoyle at march-hare.com
Wed Jul 6 00:35:09 BST 2005


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Joelle Tegwen wrote:
> I also posted this on cvsgui because I'm not sure which software is having
> the problem.
> 
> When I left work last Thursday, all was fine with my cvs.
> 
> Today I got to work and when I tried to update I got the following message:
> cvs -q -x update -P (in directory C:\Projects\youthhood\)
> cvs [update aborted]: Can't authenticate - perhaps you need to login first?
> 
Talk to your admin...  I'm guessing they changed something.

It's probably either:

1. Your login is disabled,
2. You used 'cvs login' to set a password and your password has changed,
3. Your admin has removed network login rights for your user.

Tony



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