[cvsnt] Linux setup

[Anna Seg]

Glen Starrett wrote:
> Does anyone have CVSNT running pserver on Linux?  I'm trying to get it
> set up here and I seem to be doing something wrong.  I fully admit that
> I am a Linux novice and could be overlooking something obvious.
>  
> --I uninstalled the RH8 default CVS package
>  
> --I untared the RC3 source, then proceeded to ./configure; make; make
> install
>  
> --Checked with cvs -v ==>  Yes, running rc3 here.
>  
> --chmod 2755 /usr/local/bin/cvs
>  
> --Create a CVS repository with cvs -d /home/cvsroot/repos init
>  
> --Try to connect with cvs -d
> :pserver:gstarret at stanley:/home/cvsroot/repos login
>  
> When I try to do a login, it gives me an error:  "cvs [login aborted]:
> /home/cvsroot/repos: no such repository" ???  It exists, I don't get it.
>  
> Here is the config for xinetd:
>  
> service cvspserver
> {
>         disable        = no
>         socket_type    = stream
>         wait           = no
>         user           = root
>         group          = root
>         log_type       = FILE /var/log/cvspserver
>         env            = '$HOME=/home/cvsroot'
>         server         = /usr/local/bin/cvs
>         server_args    = --allow-root=/home/cvsroot pserver
> }
> 
> I've tried both cvs and root for user/group (using advice from
> http://www.sugoiconsulting.com/bits/index.php?bit_id=32).  I have
> previously created the CVS user & group, just as a "plain user".

I'm a little confused...are you running CVSNT as your cvs *server*?

If so, then you can use the cvs client that comes w/RH.  If you have 
your CVSNT set up anything like mine then your CVSROOT probably needs to 
  start from /home/cvsroot/repos, since the service listening starts to 
look their for the checked in modules.  So, if you had the project 
``foo" checked in your cvsroot would be :pserver:gstarret at stanley:/foo