>>>>> "thomas" == thomas fromherz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> has anybody experienced limitations with the number of
> "--allow-root" entries in the cvspserver entry in the
> /etc/inetd.conf file?
> my tests indicate that with 4 --allow-root arguments in inetd
> (red hat linux release 6.0) thinx work fine, one more entry and
> i get the following error messages (mostly the first one, which
> according to the cederquist seems to be an unsolved bug?):
> cvs [login aborted]: received broken pipe signal cvs [login
> aborted]: recv() from server 192.168.1.200: Connection reset by
> peer
> Karl Fogel's book talks about a possible inetd argument
> limit. does anybody know anything more specific about that?
> Side question:
> has anybody tried to store the repository --allow-root arguments
> in a text file and 'cat' them in when inetd gets executed?
There have been a couple of patches to CVS that use an option that
points to a file that contains a list of allowed roots. The patch I
created used the --allow-list option. Other merely create a shell
script file and call that from inetd.conf.
my $.02,
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