Hi,

I am setting up the CVS stuff on Linux RH system for first time.
Error message while connecting to CVS repository:

cvs login: authorization failed: server 10.78.178.194 rejected access to /data/sprint/cvs for user lkapoor

Here is my /etc/xinetd.d/cvspserver file:

service cvspserver
{
disable = no
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
protocol = tcp
passenv = PATH
port = 2401
server = /usr/bin/cvs
server_args = -f --allow-root=/data/sprint/cvs pserver
}

Here is CVSROOT/passwd file:

lkapo01:QGcL.DheH8ZIA:cvs
lkapoor:MZmSs0DJE4eyg:cvs

I am using this perl script for generating CRYPT passwd:

#!/usr/bin/perl

srand (time());
my $randletter = "(int (rand (26)) + (int (rand (1) + .5) % 2 ? 65 : 97))";
my $salt = sprintf ("%c%c", eval $randletter, eval $randletter);
my $plaintext = shift;
my $crypttext = crypt ($plaintext, $salt);

print "${crypttext}\n";

I went through old threads related to this problem, but no luck. Can anyone suggest where to look for ?

Thanks,
Lalit Kapoor

Have you re-started xinetd after adding the cvs stuff? Did you initialise your repository with something like cvs -d /data/sprint/cvs init? There's some useful info at http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/cvsbook.html for getting a repository configured and running.

Hello Steve,

Thanks for your reply, I was able to resolve my problem.

Thanks,
Lalit Kapoor