Re: problem setting cvs pserver

[Todd Denniston]

alex wrote:
> 
> >  server_args = -f --allow-root=/usr/local/cvsroot server
> >
> > should be
> >
> >  server_args = -f --allow-root=/usr/local/cvsroot pserver
> >
> > You need "pserver" not "server"
> I made a typo. server_args is:
> server_args = -f --allow-root=/usr/local/cvsroot pserver
> the result is the same.
> telnet localhost 2401
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1).
> Escape character is '^]'.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> Any more help welcome.
> Alex

You may have to put the line 'disable = no'[1] in /etc/xinetd.d/cvspserver.
have you issued `service xinetd restart`, since setting up
/etc/xinetd.d/cvspserver?

has the following link been of any help?
https://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.19/cvs_21.html#SEC187

[1] For reasons I have forgotten, I believe there needs to be a tab between
'disable' and the '='.
-- 
Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) 
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter