LinuxQuestions.org - Running CVS Server on Fedora Core 4 with pserver as "cvs" user

Hi,

I have been trying hard to setup a cvs server on Fedora Core 4 box. After lots of efforts (including installing missing xinetd), here is the state where I'm stuck:

Code:

$ cvs -d :pserver:rupak@192.168.2.10:/home/cvs/cvsroot status

setgid failed: Operation not permitted

I can login but any other operation just fails with this error.

Here is how the cvspserver service configuration looks like:

Code:

# default: off

# description: The CVS service can record the history of your source \

#              files. CVS stores all the versions of a file in a single \

#              file in a clever way that only stores the differences \

#              between versions.

service cvspserver

{

        disable                        = no

        socket_type                = stream

        protocol                = tcp

        wait                        = no

        user                        = cvs

        log_type                = FILE /var/log/cvspserver

        passenv                        = PATH

        server                        = /usr/bin/cvs

#        env                        = HOME=/home/cvs

        server_args                = -f --allow-root=/home/cvs/cvsroot pserver

        bind                        = 192.168.2.10

#        log_on_failure                += USERID

}

and this is the cvs permissions:

Code:

-rwxr-sr-x 1 root root 603128 Apr 20 14:31 /usr/bin/cvs

following is the cvsroot directory:

Code:

drwxrwxr-x 3 cvs cvsadmin 4096 Sep 16 18:45 /home/cvs/cvsroot

with these contents:

Code:

total 12

drwxrwxr-x  3 cvs cvsadmin 4096 Sep 16 18:45 .

drwxr-xr-x  3 cvs cvsadmin 4096 Sep 16 23:54 ..

drwxrwxr-x  3 cvs cvsadmin 4096 Sep 16 23:42 CVSROOT

The remote login succeeds:

Code:

$ cvs -d :pserver:rupak@192.168.2.10:/home/cvs/cvsroot login

Logging in to :pserver:rupak@192.168.2.10:2401/home/cvs/cvsroot

CVS password:

$

I have tried removing the setgid from cvs and putting it back, modifying the service configuration (putting group there and removing it) but somehow nothing seems to work. Also, even google fails me here and does not yield any documentation on this. :scratch:

Oh and BTW, the firewall is disabled and SELinux is also disabled.

Help me, Gurus! I don't want to run the cvs server as root.

Thanks.
Rupak