Essential CVS

Using inetd with gserver, kserver, and pserver

gserver , kserver , and pserver access modes require a server to run on the repository computer. For these modes, the server is started with inetd or xinetd . inetd is configured in the “Other services” section of /etc/inetd.conf, as shown in Example 8-18 and Example 8-19. Note that the configuration must be all on one line.

Example 8-18. Inetd for gserver and pserver

#:OTHER: Other services
2401 stream tcp nowait root /usr/bin/cvs cvs -f --allow-root=/var/lib/cvs pserver

Example 8-19. Inetd for kserver

#:OTHER: Other services
1999 stream tcp nowait root /usr/bin/cvs cvs -f --allow-root=/var/lib/cvsroot kserver

The gserver access method connects to a pserver CVS server. The code that runs the server end of pserver checks whether it has been connected to with the pserver or gserver access method and runs the appropriate server code.

The parameter to the --allow-root option is the path to the repository root directory. If there will be several different repository root directories, add more --allow-root options.

You can use the -T option or the TMPDIR environment variable to set a specific temporary directory. If no directory is listed, /tmp is used.

Note

It can be useful to run the server as a special user, possibly named cvs, to limit the amount of damage that can be done if one of the arbitrary scripts (or CVS itself) is insecure. If you do this, ensure that the repository root directory and the CVSROOT files start out being owned by the ...