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Setting up a CVS server

Here I’ll describe how to setup a CVS server that is accessed by CVS clients via the «pserver protocol». The end result is a service that CVS clients connect to in order to use the CVS repositories on your system.

1. Edit /etc/inetd.conf to add the «cvs» service:
   cvspserver stream tcp nowait cvs /usr/libexec/tcpd /usr/bin/cvs -f --allow-root=/home/cvs pserver
2. Edit /etc/services to add the cvspserver protocol:
   cvspserver 2401/tcp
3. Edit /etc/hosts.allow to allow connections from certain hosts to the «cvs» service:
   cvs: 192.168.0. botte-coders.example.org .aars.it
4. Add the «cvs» user mentioned in /etc/inetd.conf to /etc/master.passwd:
   cvs:*:80:80::0:0:CVS:/home/cvs:/usr/local/bin/bash
   Run pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd to regenerate /etc/passwd.

   Create the group «cvs»:
   /etc/group:
cvs:*:80:

   Create the home directory for user «cvs»:
   mkdir /home/cvs
chmod 700 /home/cvs


5. Init the CVSROOT directory in /home/cvs:
   su -l cvs
cvs -d /home/cvs init

6. Create and/or edit the file /home/cvs/CVSROOT/passwd. This file will list the users able to connect to the «cvs» service:
   su -l cvs
cd /home/cvs/CVSROOT
touch passwd
chmod 600 passwd
vi passwd

   The file will look something like this:
   harry:ZrLzRsjAPL7iQ:cvs
klaas:Rf0DZbqhHM.Z.:cvs
sjaak:kLruwLTHOsOXT2:cvs
cvsusers:ORA7SfF0sRkD.:cvs

   «harry», «klaas» and «sjaak» are the cvs users. «cvsusers» is the common user account for the developers working on a certain website project. It is mainly meant for doing cvs checkouts in the production environment.
7. Finally, create the common user account «cvsusers» to keep your developers happy. You know how to do that, don’t you? (-:
8. Now all developers should set their CVSROOT environment and execute a cvs login:
   export CVSROOT=":pserver:<username>@yourserver.com:/home/cvs"
cvs login
cd ~public_html/
cvs -q checkout PROJECTNAME

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