I am trying to install CVS in a HP server with Redhat Server version running. I got my repositiory created in /usr/local/cvsroot, i had changed the user permissions and group for this directory. I had written a file named cvspserver and saved in /etc/xinetd.d directory.
I am able to check in and check out files from and to this repository using local cvs commands.
But when i try to connect to the same repository using pserver from the same machine, i am getting an error "/usr/local/cvsroot reposiory not found".
CVSROOT, the environment variable is set as CVSROOT=server@localhost:/usr/local/cvsroot. Please help....

Did you pass the --allow-root=/usr/local/cvsroot option to the pserver?

Also, please post the value of your CVSROOT again in a code block (it generated an emoticon).

Thanks for the reply. I guess the combination of =: and p has turned into an emmoticon. its CVSROOT = server@localhost:/usr/local/cvsroot . I tried to log the messages generated by the pserver and i found the message logged as "login denied to /usr/local/cvsroot" . I tried to login as root@localhost, but the same error is comming. I tried chmod 777 to cvsroot dirctory, even then things didnt work.

in cvspserver file "--allow-root=/usr/local/cvsroot " option is given. but there -f in between. i dont know the significance of -f there.

regards
Supreed

It happened again...you have a in your value. It is caused by Try setting CVSROOT to
if that doesn't work, check if your /usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT/passwd, readers, and writers files are set up correctly. Note that you must omit any trailing :'s in your passwd file.

By the way, the "-f" just means to not load the ~/.cvsrc file

Hi,
Thanks for the reply. I am able to overcome the problem which I had posted before. But a new problem has surfaced.

I am able to login to cvs server as root@localhost from the local machine. But when i tried to login from a remote PC using WinCVS, it dosent allow to log in as root. So i created another user named cvs. But when i tried to import the project using this user name, i got the following error

cvs import -m "hello" seccvs second start
cvs server: cannot open /usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT/cvswrappers: Permission denied
cvs import: cannot open /home/cvs/.cvsignore: Permission denied
cvs import: cannot open /usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT/verifymsg: Permission denied
cvs import: cannot make path to /usr/local/cvsroot/seccvs: Permission denied
cvs import: failed to create lock directory for `/usr/local/cvsroot/seccvs' (/usr/local/cvsroot/seccvs/#cvs.lock): No such file or directory
cvs import: lock failed - giving up
N seccvs/sec.txt
cvs import: ERROR: cannot write file /usr/local/cvsroot/seccvs/sec.txt,v: No such file or directory

No conflicts created by this import

cvs import: cannot open /usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT/loginfo: Permission denied[/COLOR]

How to solve this issue...

Regards
Supreed

Does the cvs user have a corresponding system account? If so, does that account have read and list (execute) permissions on the project directories?