CVS Owners / Permissions

[Pat Verner]

I have been using CVS 1.10 for some time, over a number of projects using 
both CVS and WinCVS clients.
Authentication is using pserver;  the server is running on a Linux box 
using inetd, which is configured to start the server as user "rcs" in group 
"cvs".  This combination exists partly for historical reasons, and partly 
for security reasons - I do not want the repository owned by root.

The present server is however running out of steam, and I am in the process 
of setting up a new server, this time using CVS-1.11.1p1.  If I try to 
start the server in the same way as on the old server, as user rcs/cvs, the 
any cvs command gives me the error "setgid failed: Operation not permitted"

After trying various combinations, it appears that the server will ONLY run 
correctly as root :-(
1)  Is this a deliberate change?
2)  Is it possible to revert to the previous mode by means of configuration 
options in building?

At this point I seem to have two options - revert to the older 1.10 version 
or create a chrooted environment for the server, neither of which 
particularly appeal to me.

Your advice will be appreciated.

=Pat