cvs security

[Sylvain . Laisne]

Hello,

I'm using cvs with mandrake 8.1
I wonder if pserver is the best way to proceed, but it seems to be easier to implement.
These are the opérations i've done to implement pserver :
-modify the cvs file in /etc/xinetd
-create the a generic user and group for the cvs users (is it the best way ?)
-create a cvsroot directory, changing the owner (root.cvsgroup) and the right 
-launch a cvs init command

I would like to define the different users of cvs in a passwd file but i don't now how to proceed (ie to generate the password)

Could someone help me ?

Sylvain