'root' is not allowed to commit files

Newsgroups	gnu.cvs.help
Date	2017-06-11 17:57 -0700
Message-ID	<bd9289c3-13c2-4a2b-94bf-bb26ba828b41@googlegroups.com> (permalink)
Subject	'root' is not allowed to commit files
From	Bryan Batten <icweiner85@hotmail.com>

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Until recently, I've been able to log in as a normal user, use "su -l" to become root, edit a file, then check it in using CVS. Now, I get this message:

cvs [commit aborted]: 'root' is not allowed to commit files

The exact command that fails is:
-su(root)# cvs ci -F ~/tmp/ci.txt /etc/network/interfaces

I've tried adding a writers file in $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/writers with these lines:
bryan
root

but the problem persists. Its acting like CVS can't find the original user name.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

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'root' is not allowed to commit files Bryan Batten <icweiner85@hotmail.com> - 2017-06-11 17:57 -0700

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