Hi all

I tried setting up a CVS server using cvsd on fc4 using this tutorial
http://www.roseindia.net/linux/tutor.../gettools.html

However when I try connecting via pserver like:
cvs -d server:anonymous@192.168.1.28:/cvs/root login

I get this
Logging in to server:anonymous@192.168.1.28:2401:/cvs/root


cvs [login aborted]: /cvs/root: no such repository

Tried all the literature which I could google out abt this
can anyone suggest something
(Note: I have done everything exaclty according to the tutorial, checked all config files and also checked that there is a line
Repos /root in cvsd.conf )

Really lost

Adding conetents of cvsd.conf

RootJail /cvs
Uid cvsd
Gid cvsd
Nice 1
Umask 027
Limit coredumpsize 0
Listen * 2401
PidFile /var/run/cvsd.pid
MaxConnections 40
Log syslog debug
Repos /root


Also as per the above mentioned tutorial the cvs rep is in /cvs/root

Also contents of etc/xinetd.d/cvs are

service cvspserver
{
disable = yes
port = 2401
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = root
passenv =
server = /usr/bin/cvs
env = HOME=/cvs
server_args = -f --allow-root=/cvs pserver
# bind = 127.0.0.1
}

I'm not a CVS expert, but if the syntax is like ftp then it's user@server:/some/path which means you would need a user anonymous (or anonymous access)
Again, without knowing much about CVS, since you have a RootJail /cvs wouldn't that mean that the local directory /cvs/something would appear to CVS as /something? Meaning try user@server:/root instead of user@server:/cvs/root. Judging from the error message, my guess is this is your culprit.

I belive setting disable = no would make xinetd start this when a request comes in on the port. If you have another method of starting the CVS server (startup script?) then you either use that method or use xinetd to start it but preferrably not both.

Thanx DARIn
That solved it
(am trying to setup the server for ssh tunneling now)
thanx again
BTW any suggestions for the ssh thing