Re: Silly question about inetd

2000-04-14 Thread Avi Green
Donald Sharp wrote: > > How do I start a cvs server on a machine where I don't have root access to > > play with /etc/inetd.conf. Try xinetd, which doesn't require root privileges. See http://synack.net/xinetd/. --Avi = Avi Green :) (: www.sputnik7.com = Unix S

Re: Silly question about inetd

2000-04-14 Thread Mitch Davis
> Donald Sharp wrote: > > > Is there any documentation on using ssh? Or is it just that simple? It's that simple. That's assuming you've built and installed ssh. (Firewalls requiring traversal of a SOCKS proxy is a bit harder). First, try using ssh to log into the other machine. If you can

Re: Silly question about inetd

2000-04-14 Thread Todd A. Lyons
Donald Sharp wrote: > > You can use rsh or ssh to access a remote repository as well. > Set your $CVSROOT = :ext:user@machine:/path/to/repository. > By default cvs uses rsh. Set $CVS_RSH = ssh if you want to > use ssh. You can also tell cvs to use a different port Is there any documentation on

Re: Silly question about inetd

2000-04-14 Thread Donald Sharp
You can use rsh or ssh to access a remote repository as well. Set your $CVSROOT = :ext:user@machine:/path/to/repository. By default cvs uses rsh. Set $CVS_RSH = ssh if you want to use ssh. You can also tell cvs to use a different port if you insist on using pserver mode via the $CVS_CLIENT_PORT

Silly question about inetd

2000-04-14 Thread Ian A McDonald
This must be an FAQ, but I can't find the answer anywhere in the manual. How do I start a cvs server on a machine where I don't have root access to play with /etc/inetd.conf. -- ian