Cannot connect to remote CVS server

[John Nichel]

Hello list,

I recently installed cvs 1.11.13 (from source) on a Red Hat 9 box, and 
am having issues connecting from remote machines.  My setup is below...

CVSROOT is set to /webserver/vhosts with these lines in /etc/profile...

>CVSROOT=/webserver/vhosts
>export PATH USER LOGNAME MAIL HOSTNAME HISTSIZE INPUTRC CVSROOT

Echoing out CVSROOT return this...

>address@hidden CVSROOT]# echo $CVSROOT
>/webserver/vhosts

The xinetd entry for the cvs server is as such...

>service cvspserver
>{
>        port = 2401
>        socket_type = stream
>        protocol = tcp
>        user = root
>        wait = no
>        disable = no
>        type = UNLISTED
>        server = /usr/local/bin/cvs
>        server_args = -f --allow-root /webserver/vhosts pserver
>}

I have added my login as a user, which created a 'passwd' file under 
CVSROOT, and contains this...

>jnichel:VK8EEGWUHyegg:

All is working fine when I use cvs locally, but when I try to connect 
remotely, I get this....

>cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden:/CVSROOT login
>/CVSROOT: no such repository
>cvs login: authorization failed: server devbox.local rejected access 
to /CVSROOT for user jnichel

I've also tried with just / as my root, and get the same error.  I 
errors like this on google and the cvshome.org site, and per 
cvshome.org, I telnet'ed to the cvs server from a remote box, and got 
the response that the FAQ says I should get if the cvs server is working 
fine.....

>address@hidden jnichel]$ telnet devbox.local 2401
>Trying 192.168.1.2...
>Connected to devbox.local.
>Escape character is '^]'.
>foo
>cvs [pserver aborted]: bad auth protocol start: foo
>
>Connection closed by foreign host.

I'm at my wits end.  Can someone shed some light on this?  TIA

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