Re: How to allow access to new repositories without root permission?

[Larry Jones]

Zsolt writes:
> 
> I understand that I can configure via the inetd (xinetd) daemon which
> repositories can be access via the "pserver" protocol but to execute
> "kill -HUP INET_PROC_ID I need root permission. Is there an other way to
> make a new repository accessible for remote clients?

No.  One way to avoid the problem in the future is to change the
[x]inetd configuration to run a script rather than running CVS directly
so you can just change the script in the future rather than having to
change the [x]inetd configuration.

-Larry Jones

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