[CVSreport] cvsreport when readonly access to cvsroot?

[demon [d3m0n] <d3m...@ho...>]

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>First of all
>The answer could be in the archive, but I can't access the archive
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>My knowledge of cvs or perl is not that big, and I can't find what I need 
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>the documentation, so i try it hear.
>(A pointer to a good resource where I can find the answer is enough.)
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>What I need:
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>cvreports mailed to a user/some users
>changed, new and deleted files with the links mailed to a user every day
>(run cvsreport every day in crontab?)
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>The cvs-files are locally on the server where I have my account, but I 
>can't
>change anything.
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>I can't add/change/delete files in the cvsroot, i have readonly access
>I can't replace /usr/bin/cvs
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>I know in the readme there is:
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>unwrapped:
>"You need write access to the 'CVSROOT' module of your repository."
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>And I don't like wrapped mode.
>I don't want a new cvs-binary, I just want a new binary "cvsreport"
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>wrapped mode:
>- things like "rename your CVS executable as 'cvs.bin'" is not possible
>- "/usr/local/bin" is not writable either.
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>I'm just a user on the system the cvsroot is on, I van
>- read files in cvsroot (readonly)
>- install cvsreport,cvsreport.cf, cvsreport.users in my homedir
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>I thought i had it, but it is not reporting anything, it just gives me back
>my prompt and I'm sure there were changes.
>It shoult be possible to make report with readonly-access, no?
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>Thanks for any usefull info!
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