Re: pserver never starts running

[Larry Jones]

Pelemele Malef'carum writes:
> 
> service services

I doubt that you have an entry for "services" in your /etc/services;
that should almost certainly be "service cvspserver" instead.

>     env        = HOME=/home/cvs

Why are you forcing a setting for $HOME?  Without that, CVS will set it
appropriately for each user as they connect.

>     passenv        =

Not even $PATH?

>     server-args    = --allow-root=/var/lib/cvsroot pserver

There should be a "-f" in there, too.

There's an example configuration for xinetd in the CVS manual, have you
read it?

-Larry Jones

Shut up and go get me some antiseptic. -- Calvin