No, pserver IS a cvs option. You are basically executing 'cvs pserver' just as
you would 'cvs update' or 'cvs co'. What you set up in inetd.conf is basically
the line inetd will execute on the command line to create the listener which
will talk to a connection attempt to a specific port (for CVS that's usually
port 2401). Therefore, that line you entered in inetd should be executable
from the command line, and, I believe, when working properly and running from
your command line, may *not* exit until you hit control-c.as it was told to
expect a connection and none are forthcoming.
I think the important part here might be that it did not exit with the usage
message, but are you sure that you attempted to run the exact line from
inetd.conf and did you try to execute it as root and with the same environment
inetd will generate for the process?
Note: If you are seeing a usage message, it is probably most likely that it is
an error in the command line options inetd is attempting to use to execute the
'cvs pserver' process and not the process's environment.
Derek R. Price
CVS Solutions Architect
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Phil Shrimpton wrote:
> > From: Larry Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> Hi,
>
> > > But it does not actually list the commands after the '..are:',
> > it is just
> > > that line. If I leave off the --allow-root bit, it displays
> > the screen of
> > > usage options.
> >
> > No it doesn't; when you get an unrecognized auth response, you only get
> > a one-line message. It sounds to me like you misspelled pserver in
> > inetd.conf or the cvs on your server machine was built without pserver
> > support -- try running "/path/to/cvs pserver" on the server and see what
> > happens.
>
> When I run "/path/to/cvs pserver" it just hangs until I Ctrl C. I was under
> the impression that pserver was a CVS thing, I did not realise you had to
> install it separately. Bother, I have spend weeks trying to get this to
> work, should have read the manuals in more detail I suppose. Where can I
> download pserver, or is it a Kernel option?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Phil
