** Description changed: After installing cvsd and moving an (already existing) cvs repository from a 08.04 ubuntu machine to a 11.04 machine, all attempts to check out fail in cvs -d :pserver:username@localhost:/some/repository co something Fatal error, aborting. cvsd: no such system user It seems that the error message is misleading, as the cvsd user is properly set up in both /etc/passwd and the chroot jail /var/lib/cvsd/etc/passwd. Instead it seems to me that a subprocess can't get started, possibly because of a missing library in the chroot jail. After a simple copy of all libraries into the chroot jail cp -ar /lib /var/lib/cvsd checkout works again as expected. I could not find out which library or libraries are missing exactly -- copying all the libraries is just a quick hack as it is compromising the whole chroot concept. I tried to find out with ldd, ldd /var/lib/cvsd/bin/cvs but all listed libraries seem to be there already before the copy. Also other users are reporting the same problem, for instance: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-server-73/ubuntu-server-11-04-cvsd-no-such-system-user-in-cvs-886059/ Kind regards, Stefan lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 apt-cache policy cvsd cvsd: - Installed: 1.0.21 - Candidate: 1.0.21 - Version table: - *** 1.0.21 0 - 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/universe amd64 Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + Installed: 1.0.21 + Candidate: 1.0.21 + Version table: + *** 1.0.21 0 + 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/universe amd64 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: cvsd 1.0.21 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jun 24 18:58:31 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) ProcEnviron: - LANGUAGE=en_US:en - PATH=(custom, user) - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + LANGUAGE=en_US:en + PATH=(custom, user) + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: cvsd UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-24 (30 days ago)
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