> On Saturday, April 29, 2000 12:26 PM, Anya Sophe Behn 
> >
> >         inetd.conf:
> >         cvspserver      stream  tcp     nowait  root 
    /usr/local/bin/cvs   cvs -t --allow-root=/usr/local/cvsroot pserver
> >
> >         /etc/services:
> >         cvspserver   2401/tcp
> >
> >         CVSROOT/passwd: has valid crypted passwd & user
> >
> >         Behavior:
> >         telnet servername 2401
> >         hangs.
> >         cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/cvsroot login
> >         hangs.
> >
> >         If I change the inetd.conf so cvs has no options, then
> >         cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/cvsroot login
> >         says there is no cvsroot defined.
> >
> What do you mean by 'no options'?  You should always have the --allow-root 
> option in pserver mode!  We are running pserver on Solaris (2.6/5.6) and 
> have been for the last couple of years!

I mean without the -t or -bt...of course I have --allow-root.
This is on Solaris 2.7.

-a-

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