Something to do with cvs server running as root, inheriting the HOME environment variable. Create a user named "cvs" and run the server under that user. Or try this as root:
unset HOME /etc/rc.d/init.d/inet restart Regards from Olav! Neil Aggarwal wrote: > I am trying to set-up a CVS pserver on my RedHat 7.1 development machine. > I tried reading the CVS book at http://cvsbook.red-bean.com, but it > does not cover xinetd, so I tried to adapt it myself. > > Here is what I did as root: > cvs -d /usr/local/cvsroot init > /usr/sbin/useradd cvs > cd /usr/local/cvsroot > chgrp -R cvs . > chmod ug+rwx . CVSROOT > > vi /etc/xinetd.d/cvs and added these lines: > service cvs > { > port = 2401 > socket_type = stream > protocol = tcp > user = root > group = cvs > server = /usr/bin/cvs > server_args = --allow-root=/usr/local/cvsroot pserver > type = UNLISTED > wait = no > } > > Restarted xinetd: > /etc/init.d/xinetd restart > > vi /usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT/passwd > Added my login and password copied from from /etc/shadow > > I then tried to test it by going to a shell with my user account. > > I typed: > cvs -d :pserver:neil@localhost:/usr/local/cvsroot login > It asked me for my password and reported no errors, so I thought that > everything should be OK. > > Next, I tried to import a new project, so I went to the > directory containing the project and typed: > cvs -d :pserver:neil@localhost:/usr/local/cvsroot import -m "Test Project" > testProject neil start > > I got these error messages: > cvs server: cannot open /root/.cvsignore: Permission denied > cvs server: cannot make path to /usr/local/cvsroot/testProject: Permission > denied > cvs server: Importing /usr/local/cvsroot/testProject/src > cvs server: ERROR: cannot mkdir /usr/local/cvsroot/testProject/src -- not > added: No such file or directory > > No conflicts created by this import > > Any ideas why this is occurring? > > Thanks, > Neil. > > -- > Neil Aggarwal > JAMM Consulting, Inc. (972) 612-6056, http://www.JAMMConsulting.com > Custom Internet Development Websites, Ecommerce, Java, databases > > > _______________________________________________ > Info-cvs mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs > > > > _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
