Anyone here ever setup a CVS server?

I am trying to setup and run a CVS server here on a linux redhat 6.0 server.

I created a CVS server root in /usr/local/cvsroot

I then did a cvs init on that directory.

When I try to connect from a network host I get connection reset by peer.??

Why would this be happening?

Cliff

Michael,

I did fight with it long enough to get it working last night here at home. Now I have to go get it working at work now. I think I know how to get it working now.

Cliff

This is how I have the system set up now..

I have a user specified in the system cvsadmin with password cvs

I entered this line in the inetd.conf

2401 stream tcp nowait root /usr/bin cvs --allow-root=/usr/local/cvsroot

I do not have a CVSROOT environment variable set could this be the problem?

Cliff

Cliff wrote

I get unrecognized auth response when trying it local on the linux machine...

? locally, you just set CVSROOT=/usr/local/cvsroot, and no authentication is used then.

What did you use for CVSROOT ?

Michael.

^^^^^ typo or correct ?

I have the following:

cvspserver stream tcp nowait root /usr/bin/cvs cvs --allow-root=/usr/local/CVS ^^^^^^^^^ repeats !!
with

cvspserver 2401/tcp # CVS server

in the /ect/services files.

Michael.

I do not have a CVSROOT environment variable set could this be the problem?

no, this should be ok. The server doesn't need the CVSROOT.

Michael.

I get unrecognized auth response when trying it local on the linux machine...

Cliff

Did you set up the /etc/inetd.conf file ?
Did you specify --allow-root=/usr/local/cvsroot in the /etc/inetd.conf file ? (Newer versions of CVS require this)

Michael.