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CVS Server Setup
Crash course in setting up client-server CVS on a Linux
UNIX server. This will authenticate users via
the /etc/passwd file.
- Install CVS, should compile out of the box on Linux and produce no
errors when you run make check.
- As root, edit /etc/inetd.conf to add the following (all
on ONE line):
cvspserver stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/bin/cvs cvs --allow-root=/usr/local/cvs-repository pserver
- As root, edit /etc/services to confirm or add the following:
cvspserver 2401/tcp # CVS remote server function
- As root, issue the command killall -HUP inetd
- Log on to some other machine and test the access using the
cvs login command.
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