help

[raghuram s]

I am a programmer from the US[Michigan].
     I need your help for setting up cvs repository server.I am 
getting an error called "BROKEN PIPE ERROR SIGNAL" when i try to 
login into the repository.
I am using pserver and port 2401 as suggested in many 
articles..PLEASE HELP ME REGARDING THIS.It would be of great help 
if you can mail me the details of how to set up the server.
I HAVE PASTED THE DETAILS I HAVE USED TO SET UP AND ALSO POINTED 
WHERE I AM STRUCK.Please help me out and also treat this as 
urgent.
Regards
Raghuram


Login as root on repository machine

Create a user (& group) called: cvs

Create repository:

cvs -d /usr/local/cvsroot init
(Repeat this process if you want to create multiple repositories 
e.g., /usr/local/cvsroot2, /usr/local/cvspublic etc). Each 
repository can have different sets of authorized users.

Change owner and group of repository and all files to cvs:

chown -R cvs.cvs /usr/local/cvsroot
Create tcp service by editing /etc/services - add line (NOTE: May 
already be present):

cvspserver 2401/tcp #CVS PServer
Create inetd entry for service by editing /etc/inetd.conf - add 
following lines:

#
# CVS PServer
#
cvspserver stream tcp nowait cvs /usr/bin/cvs cvs 
--allow-root=/usr/local/cvsroot pserver
NOTE: The above line "cvspserver stream ..." must appear on a 
single line. If you created multiple repositories in step 3, add 
an additional --allow-root=[repository path] argument for each 
repository.

Restart inetd. NOTE: Because you will be restarting inetd from 
root's session, it will inherit the environment, most notably 
HOME=/root. This causes the following error when you try to check 
anything out of the repository:

cvs server: cannot open /root/.cvsignore: Permission denied
cvs [server aborted]: can't chdir(/root): Permission denied
To remedy this, use one of two methods.
1) The first method is to restart the server (the problem does not 
occur when inetd is started during system startup.
2) The second method is a manual restart while logged in as root. 
For this to work you need to restart inetd without the HOME 
pointing to root's home directory. Start a terminal session and 
enter the following:

unset HOME
/etc/rc.d/init.d/inet restart
Now login as the user cvs. We will now setup the password file for 
cvs users.

You will need a utility to create encrypted passwords. You can use 
the below perl script for that purpose:

#!/usr/bin/perl

srand (time());
my $randletter = "(int (rand (26)) + (int (rand (1) + .5) % 2 ? 65 
: 97))";
my $salt = sprintf ("%c%c", eval $randletter, eval $randletter);
my $plaintext = shift;
my $crypttext = crypt ($plaintext, $salt);

print "${crypttext}\n";
Create a text file in /usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT called passwd and 
enter the users as shown below (format is: 
userid:encrypted-password:cvs ):

username1:x$5itFdsw123:cvs
username2:3fgRH4p3443:cvs
NOTE: Use the crypt.pl utilty from above to generate the encrypted 
passwords for the above entries. The passwords for the users 
should NOT be the same as their unix password (if they have a unix 
account). The cvs users you enter above do NOT need a unix 
account.

Set restrictive permissions on the file:

chmod 400 /usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT/passwd
(optional) Repeat step 10 and 11 for each additional repository 
you created in step 3.

Repository Testing
Set the default repository in the environment (will save entering 
it on every cvs command):

export 
CVSROOT=:pserver:address@hidden:/usr/local/cvsroot
(substitute real values for username1, your_server_name and 
repository path if needed)

Test the basic login:

cvs login
Enter the username1's password. There should not be any error 
messages.


 "PROBLEM HAS OCCURED HERE"

Create a tiny test project:

cd
mkdir testproj
echo "//Main Class">testproj/Main.java
Import the project to the repository.

cd testproj
cvs import -m "My initial project message" testproj mycompany 
start
Check to make sure the project was created in the repository. You 
should see the file Main.java in /usr/local/cvsroot/testproj

Remove the test project from the repository:

rm --R /usr/local/cvsroot/testproj

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