The cvs server cannot option /root/.cvsignore error is easy to fix.
In inetd.conf just add -f to the command line (before the pserver
parameter). This is because inetd (on RH6.2 at least) incorrectly leaves
HOME set to /root when it runs the cvs pserver command, thus pserver changes
to your user ID and no longer has access to /root. Putting -f stops the cvs
server from looking for local .cvsrc and .cvsignore files in the HOME
directory.
With regards to the chmod you did, I don't think stuff is mean't to be rwx
for all files, most of my ,v files in the repository are just r--
Regards
John Scott
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nate Maynard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 16 August 2000 06:51
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: A hopefully simple problem....
>
>
> I just installed CVS v1.10.8 on a RedHat 6.2 machine.
> Standard out of the
> box config (both CVS and RedHat). No passwd file, nothing
> custom at all. The
> repository is ment to be used in a remote fashion. pserver is
> setup, and
> working.
>
> Added a special group to the box called devel for the
> devlopers. Added the
> user I'm trying to test with to that group. chgrp'd
> everything under (and
> including) the repository's root to devel. chmod ug+rwx both
> CVSROOT, and
> and the repository's root.
>
> I'm using WinCVS v1.1b15, and I can get it to authenticate against the
> server. I can even get it to tell me what packages are
> available. But, when
> I go to check a file out, I get this output in the bottom
> window of WinCVS,
> and also when I use the repository from remote via command prompt from
> another Linux server through pserver.
>
> cvs server: cannot open /root/.cvsignore: Permission denied
> cvs [server aborted]: can't chdir(/root): Permission denied
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
> ~Nate Maynard
>
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